Narrow horizontal engraving strip with small scenes of figures working in fields and buildings, and a block of Dutch capital letters at right.

Twelve Months: Rural Labours Engraving Strip

A long, narrow horizontal engraving divided into small scenes of figures working in rural landscapes, with buildings and trees across the field. At the right, a block of capitalized Dutch text sits beside a final vignette of figures in a field.

Artist: anoniem
Date: 1584
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 624 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1584.
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

16th century 1580s 1584 engraving landscape early modern print twelve months calendar print rural labour dutch engraving text panel black and white