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Engraving of a town on a canal with gabled houses, a dancing couple by a fountain, people at a stall, and a man with a dog in the foreground.

De twaalf maanden

An engraved townscape shows a canal-side town with gabled brick houses, a distant hilltop and a river. In the foreground, a couple dances beside a fountain while figures gather at a stall, sit at tables and stroll near a man with a dog.

Artist
Pieter van der Borcht (I)
Date
1545-1608
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3064 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1608.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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