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December

(Netherlandish, about 1560–1618)
(Flemish, 1564–1635)
(Netherlandish, 1600–1676)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 20.6 x 26.3 cm (8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.7 x 33.6 cm (10 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number65.592
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsinscribed in plate, upper center: CAPRICORNVS.; in lower margin, lower center: DECEMBER.; lower left: Prouidus accurat porcum iugulare December,/Dorat & æquoreo pinguia larda sale.; lower right: Instruit aruina dulci botulisque, culinam/Dum brumale piger fers Capricorne gelu.
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.