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Black and white engraving of a winter landscape with bare trees, a well, cottages and a hillside town, with a small figure in a cloud at upper right.

The month January and the sign of Aquarius, represented by a winter landscape, the dream of Saint Joseph, and the Flight into Egypt. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.

An engraving of a bare-branched winter landscape with leafless trees, a well with a windlass, and cottages on a hillside. At lower left, figures and a donkey gather beneath a timber shed, while a small figure in a cloud glows in the upper sky above a distant town.

Artist
Hans Bol
Date
1585
Medium
Engravings Landscape prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2921 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1585.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Paisaje invernal con la Huida a Egipto, grabado según Hans Bol, 1585

Un grabado de un paisaje invernal con árboles sin hojas, un pozo con cabrestante y casas en una ladera. En la parte inferior izquierda, varias figuras y un burro se reúnen bajo un cobertizo de madera, mientras una pequeña figura en una nube brilla en el cielo sobre un pueblo lejano.

Português: Paisagem de inverno com a Fuga para o Egito, gravura após Hans Bol, 1585

Uma gravura de uma paisagem de inverno com árvores sem folhas, um poço com cabrestante e casas numa encosta. No canto inferior esquerdo, figuras e um burro se reúnem sob um alpendre de madeira, enquanto uma pequena figura numa nuvem brilha no céu sobre uma cidade distante.

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