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Engraving of horsemen and hunters with dogs chasing game past a walled town, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Twelve Months: Hunting Scene

An engraving framed by ornate scrollwork and grotesque figures shows horsemen and hunters with dogs chasing animals across an open landscape toward a walled town. A Latin inscription fills the cartouche below, and a cloaked figure bends in the lower right foreground.

Artist
Etienne Delaune
Date
1566
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3452 × 2578 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1566.
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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