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Spring

Hendrick Hondius (I) · 1618 · engraving; paper

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

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Here gaiety takes centre stage. People eat and drink, make music, court, and sail in a flower decked gondola. Working the land, traditionally an important element in depictions of spring, can be seen at the left. The theme has been reduced to a woman picking tulips and a young lad with a shovel on his shoulder.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDe Lente. 1618. Hendrick Hondius (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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