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Etching of woodcutters stacking logs near a village at the foot of hills, with a figure warming at a fire in the lower left.

The Twelve Months: Woodcutters in Winter

A winter scene of men cutting and stacking firewood in the foreground, with a figure warming at a fire at lower left. A village with a church tower and walled town lie beneath craggy hills, drawn in fine etched lines.

Artist
Pieter van der Borcht (I)
Date
1545-1608
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3092 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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