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Painted landscape with a herdsman and cows on a hill, and ducks, geese, a goat and a rooster by a pond under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Herdsman, Cattle and Poultry

A wide landscape with a seated herdsman beside cattle on a grassy bank, while ducks, geese, a goat and a rooster gather at a shallow pond in the foreground. Stormy clouds fill the sky above soft, distant trees, rendered in warm earthy tones with loose brushwork.

Artist
Cornelis Saftleven
Date
1652
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3154 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1652.
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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