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October

Pieter van der Borcht (I) · 1545 - 1608 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Autumn landscape with autumn scenes. October is the wine month. Central is the grape harvest and the making and barreling of wine. The print shows men, women and children picking and pressing grapes. Afterwards the wine is poured into barrels and stored in cellars. In the middle top the zodiac sign Scorpio. In this series of the twelve months each month is depicted with the human activities typical for it, its climatic characteristics and its zodiac sign.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOktober. 1545 - 1608. Pieter van der Borcht (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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