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February

(Netherlandish, 1566–1628)
(Flemish, 1564–1635)
(Netherlandish, 1600–1676)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 20.5 x 26.3 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 25.7 x 33.7 cm (10 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number65.582
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper right: PISCES.; in plate, in lower margin, lower center: FEBRVARIVS.; lower left: Qui fuit extrmus mensis Februarius olim,/Mutato veteri more, secundus adest.; lower right: Ante focum residens accenso pascitur igne,/Et Pisces taciti ne noceant metuit.
Provenance1965, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, to the MFA for £350 [see note]. (Accession Date: May 12, 1965)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 65.580-65.592 were purchased for this amount.