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Object Type: print
Museum number: D,6.33
Title: Object: December; Series: The Twelve Months
Description: December; old man seated before his fire; a boy tending the fire; plate from a set of twelve circular plates with a titlepage; zodiacal signs in the sky; each with Latin text and caption in circles Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Crispijn de Passe the Elder
School/style: Netherlandish
Production date: 1590-1626 (c)
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Diameter: 121 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For comment on the series see also D,6.20.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (588) (Crispijn de Passe I); Franken 1881 / L'oeuvre gravé des van de Passe (1185a.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: zodiac
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Sir Hans Sloane (probably)
Acquisition date: 1753
Acquisition notes: For comment on the probable provenance from Sir Hans Sloane, see D,6.1 There is no indication of provenance on the verso.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: D,6.33

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