Oval engraving labelled September: a cloaked man walks a furrowed field in the foreground, with ploughing oxen and a town in the distance.

Twaalf maanden: September, Labours of the Month

A month-labour engraving framed in an oval and labelled SEPTEMBRE. In the foreground a man in a cloak and hat strides across a furrowed field beside a rectangular sieve, while distant figures plough and sow beside a town and a sky with clouds.

Artist: Etienne Delaune (mentioned on object)
Date: 1568
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 1688 × 930 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1568.
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 renaissance 1560s 1568 engraving etienne delaune oval print labours of the months september farm labour sowing calendar illustration ploughing