
February: Skaters on a Frozen Canal by a Walled City
A circular engraving labelled FEBRVARIVS shows a fortified town beside a frozen waterway. In the foreground, figures skate, slide and walk across the ice near a stone wall, while a tall tower and a windmill rise over the rooftops beneath a hatched sky.
- Artist
- Adriaen Collaert
- Date
- 1578-1582
- Medium
- Source
- Rijksmuseum
- Size
- 4000 × 3818 px
Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1582.
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/)
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


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