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Etching of villagers working in winter: butchering a pig by a fire, tending a cauldron and table near a half-timbered house, with hills and a town behind.

The Twelve Months: December

An etched landscape of winter labour in a village square, with figures butchering a pig and tending a large fire beside a half-timbered house. Small figures work at a table and carry baskets, and hills and a distant town fill the background under an overcast sky.

Artist
Pieter van der Borcht (I)
Date
1545-1608
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2920 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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