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Sowing

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  • A young farmer's boy is sowing seed in the field. Engraving.
  • The month April and the sign of Taurus, represented by a village in spring, and by the parable of the sower. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • Men lie sleeping under a tree; one sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.
  • Men lie sleeping as a man sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching.
  • A man picks up the money spilling from a rich gentleman's pockets. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli (?), c. 1800.
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    The month April and the sign of Taurus, represented by a village in spring, and by the parable of the sower. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.

    Bol, Hans, 1534-1593. | Date: 1585 | Reference: 46406i
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    Men lie sleeping under a tree; one sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.

    Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869. | Reference: 23560i
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    Christ tells an apostle how a mustard seed grows into a tree. Etching.

    | Reference: 23951i
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    A man sows seeds; representing the parable of the sower. Etching.

    | Reference: 23939i
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    The orchard, and the garden : containing certaine necessarie, secret, and ordinarie knowledges in grafting and gardening. Wherein are described sundry waies to graffe, and diuers proper new plots for the garden. Gathered from the Dutch and French. Also to know the time and season, when it is good to sow and replant all manner of seedes.

    | Date: 1602
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