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Circular engraving of a busy town square with gabled houses, a church tower, a fountain, and costumed townspeople in the foreground.

De twaalf maanden

Circular engraving labeled IANVARIVS at top, showing a crowded town square with gabled houses, a church tower and a stone fountain. Costumed townspeople, a drummer and a small dog fill the foreground, with a roundel of a figure above. The signature of Adriaen Collaert appears below.

Artist
Adriaen Collaert (mentioned on object)
Date
1578-1582
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3789 px
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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/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Enero: habitantes en una plaza urbana, grabado circular

Grabado circular con la leyenda IANVARIVS en la parte superior, que muestra una plaza urbana abarrotada con casas de frontones escalonados, una torre de iglesia y una fuente de piedra. Personas con trajes de época, un tamborilero y un perro llenan el primer plano; arriba, un medallón con una figura. La firma de Adriaen Collaert aparece abajo.

Português: Janeiro: moradores em uma praça urbana, gravura circular

Gravura circular com a inscrição IANVARIVS no alto, mostrando uma praça urbana movimentada com casas de telhados em degraus, uma torre de igreja e uma fonte de pedra. Pessoas com trajes de época, um tamborileiro e um cachorro ocupam o primeiro plano; acima, um medalhão com uma figura. A assinatura de Adriaen Collaert aparece embaixo.

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