diff --git a/libs/libkis/Node.h b/libs/libkis/Node.h
--- a/libs/libkis/Node.h
+++ b/libs/libkis/Node.h
@@ -330,6 +330,17 @@
     QByteArray pixelData(int x, int y, int w, int h) const;
 
     /**
+     * @brief pixelDataAtTime a basic function to get pixeldata from an animated node at a given time.
+     * @param x the position from the left to start reading.
+     * @param y the position from the top to start reader
+     * @param w the row length to read
+     * @param h the number of rows to read
+     * @param time the frame number
+     * @return a QByteArray with the pixel data. The byte array may be empty.
+     */
+    QByteArray pixelDataAtTime(int x, int y, int w, int h, int time) const;
+
+    /**
      * @brief projectionPixelData reads the given rectangle from the Node's projection (that is, what the node
      * looks like after all sub-Nodes (like layers in a group or masks on a layer) have been applied,
      * and returns it as a byte array. The pixel data starts top-left, and is ordered row-first.
diff --git a/libs/libkis/Node.cpp b/libs/libkis/Node.cpp
--- a/libs/libkis/Node.cpp
+++ b/libs/libkis/Node.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 #include <kis_meta_data_merge_strategy.h>
 #include <metadata/kis_meta_data_merge_strategy_registry.h>
 
+#include <kis_raster_keyframe_channel.h>
+#include <kis_keyframe.h>
+
 #include "Krita.h"
 #include "Node.h"
 #include "Channel.h"
@@ -383,6 +386,27 @@
     return ba;
 }
 
+QByteArray Node::pixelDataAtTime(int x, int y, int w, int h, int time) const
+{
+    QByteArray ba;
+
+    if (!d->node || !d->node->isAnimated()) return ba;
+
+    //
+    KisRasterKeyframeChannel *rkc = dynamic_cast<KisRasterKeyframeChannel*>(d->node->getKeyframeChannel(KisKeyframeChannel::Content.id()));
+    if (!rkc) return ba;
+    KisKeyframeSP frame = rkc->keyframeAt(time);
+    if (!frame) return ba;
+    KisPaintDeviceSP dev = d->node->paintDevice();
+    if (!dev) return ba;
+
+    rkc->fetchFrame(frame, dev);
+
+    ba.resize(w * h * dev->pixelSize());
+    dev->readBytes(reinterpret_cast<quint8*>(ba.data()), x, y, w, h);
+    return ba;
+}
+
 
 QByteArray Node::projectionPixelData(int x, int y, int w, int h) const
 {
diff --git a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/Node.sip b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/Node.sip
--- a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/Node.sip
+++ b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/Node.sip
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     bool visible() const;
     void setVisible(bool value);
     QByteArray pixelData(int x, int y, int w, int h) const;
+    QByteArray pixelDataAtTime(int x, int y, int w, int h, int time) const;
     QByteArray projectionPixelData(int x, int y, int w, int h) const;
     void setPixelData(QByteArray value, int x, int y, int w, int h);
     QRect bounds() const;