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Winter
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Winter

Pieter van der Heyden · in or after 1570 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

In a vast landscape, villagers perform tasks associated with the months of December, January and February. At a castle, fun is had on the ice. Below the scene the title with two lines in Latin on either side. Print from a series of four prints depicting the four seasons, two after Hans Bol and two after Pieter Brueghel I.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineWinter. in or after 1570. Pieter van der Heyden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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