December
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Pieter II Stevens (after),
Pieter I Stevens (after)
,
Marcus Sadeler (publisher)
,
Aegidius II Sadeler (engravers (printmakers))
Date
ca. 1607, ca. 1624, ca. 1650Period
17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.
