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Black-and-white woodcut of a hunter with a plumed hat and game bag gesturing toward a dog in water among reeds, printed on a book page.

Duck Hunter (Eendenjager), woodcut after Jost Amman, 1578

A man in a plumed hat, doublet and sleeved armour, with a sword at his side and a game bag on his back, reaches toward a dog wading in water among reeds. The fine black-line woodcut sits on a book page, with a small monogram and number below the image.

Artist
after design by Jost Amman
Date
1578
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3246 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1578.
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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