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Sepia print of a horseman with a long pole riding across open land toward a distant city, with German verse printed below.

Nieuwe Dodendans

A horseman in a long coat and tricorn hat thrusts a long pole forward as he rides across a sketched, open landscape toward a distant city with spires and smoke. Four columns of German verse run along the bottom edge, beneath a bird and stone in the foreground.

Artist
F. Berger, after drawing by Alfred Rethel
Date
1848-1849
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3311 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1849.
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: Jinete con lanza hacia una ciudad, 1848

Un jinete con abrigo largo y sombrero de tres picos empuja una larga lanza mientras cabalga por un paisaje abierto y esbozado hacia una ciudad lejana con torres y humo. En la parte inferior aparecen cuatro columnas de versos en alemán, junto a un ave y una piedra en primer plano.

Português: Cavaleiro com lança rumo a uma cidade, 1848

Um cavaleiro de casaco longo e chapéu de três pontas estende uma longa lança enquanto cavalga por uma paisagem aberta e esboçada em direção a uma cidade distante, com torres e fumaça. Na parte inferior, quatro colunas de versos em alemão correm ao longo da borda, ao lado de um pássaro e uma pedra em primeiro plano.

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