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Engraving of figures fishing from a rowboat on a river, with trees, distant hills and a flying figure in the sky.

Twelve Months: August, fishing on a river

A black-and-white engraving of a river landscape where figures in a small rowing boat use a large fan-shaped net, while a fisherman on the bank and a flying figure in the sky complete the scene. Fine parallel hatching shapes the clouds, trees and distant hills, and the word AUGUSTUS is engraved below the image.

Artist
Simon Frisius
Date
1611
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3070 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1611.
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

The Zodiac and the Stars17th century1610s1611engravingetchinglandscapeallegoryriverdutch printmakingtwelve monthsrowboatfishingaugustsimon frisius

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