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Hand-coloured woodcut of a wheel of fortune with a figure at its hub, coins, and animals including a lion, donkey and hare around it, with Dutch text.

Die Staet en beloop der werldt: wheel of fortune woodcut

A woodcut with hand colouring shows a large wheel with eight spokes, its hub holding a figure beneath a green veil above a pile of coins. Animals surround the wheel: a dog, a hare, a fox, a monkey and a donkey, with a lion at the top, all with scrolls and Dutch text. Gold and grey tones frame the scene.

Artist
anoniem
Date
1550-1560
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2850 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1560.
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

Dogs Through History16th centuryengravingwoodcutallegoryhand-colored printdutch printlionanimalsdonkeycoinswheel of fortune

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