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Engraving of peasants sowing and ploughing furrowed fields, with a river valley, town and hills in the background and a farmhouse at right.

The Twelve Months: April, Sowing and Ploughing

An engraved landscape shows peasants sowing and ploughing furrowed fields in the foreground, with a river valley, town and hills receding into the distance. A timber farmhouse and tall trees frame the right side under a cloudy sky.

Artist
Pieter van der Borcht (I)
Date
1545-1608
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3055 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1608.
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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