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Etching of a bare tree with a small bird on top, set on a mound with distant hills and a small building on the right.

Kloosterleven in emblemen

An etching of a leafless tree on a small mound, with a small bird perched on its top branches. Low hills and a small distant building lie to the right, under a sky lightly hatched with horizontal lines.

Artist
Jacques Callot
Date
1621-1635
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3517 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1635.
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

Español: La vida monástica en emblemas: ave en un árbol sin hojas

Aguafuerte de un árbol sin hojas sobre un pequeño montículo, con un pájaro posado en las ramas superiores. Colinas bajas y un pequeño edificio lejano se ven a la derecha, bajo un cielo con sombreado de líneas horizontales.

Português: A vida monástica em emblemas: ave em árvore sem folhas

Água-forte de uma árvore sem folhas sobre um pequeno monte, com um pássaro pousado nos galhos superiores. Colinas baixas e um pequeno edifício distante aparecem à direita, sob um céu com hachuras horizontais.

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