December is the month of slaughter. Central to the print is the slaughter of cattle and the curing of meat. In the top centre, the constellation Capricorn is depicted. The original print has a Latin caption that has been cut off in the Ghent copy.
| Artist |
Aegidius II Sadeler
RKD
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Pieter I Stevens
RKD
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Pieter II Stevens
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Marcus Sadeler
RKD
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| Title | December |
| Date |
ca. 1607
ca. 1624 ca. 1650 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Venice TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: December |
| inscription reverse, centre: Vusson [Visscher?] | |
| inscription on the back, at the right: V | |
| inscription reverse, lower left: V | |
| inscription on the back, bottom right: V | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-KP |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-KP |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/9002/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055866
allegory (artistic device)
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
23I43
December; 'Decembre' (Ripa)
Iconclass
23K43 December and its 'labours' Iconclass 23L43 landscape symbolizing December Iconclass 23O11 Capricorn (zodiacal sign of December) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta' Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 41C691 slaughtered ox or pig Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 47F32 conserving, preserving, e.g.: canning Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass |
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