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Circular engraving labelled December showing villagers working around a butchered pig at left and a village with a tower and windmill beyond.

De twaalf maanden

A circular engraved print labelled DECEMBER, with a goat zodiac sign at top. In the foreground, figures gather around a table holding a butchered pig, while a village with a tower, houses and a windmill lies beyond a winding path.

Artist
Adriaen Collaert
Date
1578-1582
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3804 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1582.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Diciembre: matanza del cerdo y aldea, de Los doce meses

Grabado circular con la leyenda DICIEMBRE y, arriba, un signo zodiacal de cabra. En primer plano, varias figuras se reúnen alrededor de una mesa con un cerdo sacrificado, mientras al fondo una aldea con torre, casas y molino de viento se extiende junto a un camino sinuoso.

Português: Dezembro: abate do porco e aldeia, de Os doze meses

Gravura circular com a legenda DEZEMBRO e, no alto, um signo zodiacal de cabra. Em primeiro plano, figuras reúnem-se em torno de uma mesa com um porco abatido, enquanto ao fundo uma aldeia com torre, casas e moinho de vento se estende ao longo de um caminho sinuoso.

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