Narrow black-and-white engraved strip with small scenes of figures at work and indoors, ending in a decorative text panel on the right.

Twelve Months: engraved frieze of figures and scenes, 1584

A long, narrow black-and-white engraved strip shows small scenes of figures at work and in domestic settings, arranged side by side across a horizontal band. At the right, a decorative cartouche holds several lines of printed Dutch text framed by ornamental scrollwork.

Artist: anoniem
Date: 1584
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Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 2995 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 print genre scene cartouche twelve months frieze calendar netherlandish black and white