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Black and white engraving of a wooded landscape with oxen pulling a plough, a bull in the cloudy sky, and a winding road to a distant village.

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An engraving of a wooded landscape labelled APRILIS along the lower edge. A bull, a zodiac sign for April, leaps across the cloudy sky above, while oxen pull a plough at right and figures walk a winding road toward a distant hilltop village beneath tall trees.

Artist
Simon Frisius
Date
1611
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3019 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1611.
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: Aprilis: paisaje de abril con bueyes arando y toro del zodiaco

Un grabado de un paisaje boscoso con la inscripción APRILIS en el borde inferior. Un toro, signo zodiacal de abril, salta por el cielo nublado, mientras bueyes tiran de un arado a la derecha y figuras caminan por un sinuoso camino hacia un pueblo lejano en una colina, bajo árboles altos.

Português: Aprilis: paisagem de abril com bois arando e touro do zodíaco

Uma gravura de uma paisagem arborizada com a inscrição APRILIS na borda inferior. Um touro, signo zodiacal de abril, salta pelo céu nublado, enquanto bois puxam um arado à direita e figuras caminham por uma estrada sinuosa rumo a uma aldeia distante numa colina, sob árvores altas.

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