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Engraving of horsemen and hunters with dogs chasing game past a walled town, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Twaalf maanden

An engraving framed by ornate scrollwork and grotesque figures shows horsemen and hunters with dogs chasing animals across an open landscape toward a walled town. A Latin inscription fills the cartouche below, and a cloaked figure bends in the lower right foreground.

Artist
Etienne Delaune
Date
1566
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3452 × 2578 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1566.
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: Doce meses: escena de caza

Un grabado enmarcado por volutas ornamentales y figuras grotescas muestra jinetes y cazadores con perros persiguiendo animales por un campo abierto hacia una ciudad amurallada. En la parte inferior, una inscripción latina ocupa un cartucho, y una figura encapuchada se inclina en el primer plano derecho.

Português: Doze meses: cena de caça

Uma gravura emoldurada por volutas ornamentais e figuras grotescas mostra cavaleiros e caçadores com cães perseguindo animais por um campo aberto em direção a uma cidade murada. Na parte inferior, uma inscrição latina ocupa um cartucho, e uma figura encapuchada se curva no primeiro plano à direita.

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