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The Idle Man Lies Under a Tree During the Harvest
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In a hilly landscape, farmers are busy with the grain harvest. Some men are threshing the grain. In the background, two men plough a field with a plough and a man sows new corn. The sluggard lies under a tree and sleeps. According to the Bible text in Prov. 20:4. Below the image is an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe luiaard ligt onder een boom tijdens het oogsten. 1563 - 1567. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
