Ivory plaque of Winter, after Crispijn I de Passe

An image of Passe, Crispijn I de (Flemish, 1564-1637). Winter: An indoor scene with an old man seated before a fire, and a boy kneeling to blow it with bellows. A cat is perched on the chair back. Through the open door, a dog barks at a peasant herding two pigs. In the distance a bridge and buildings. Inscribed at the top centre 'DECEMBRE' and at bottom centre 'HIVER'. Ivory, carved in low relief and mounted on thicker wood panel, height, whole, 11.5 cm, width, whole, 10.5 cm, circa 1600-1900. One of a set of four (M.3B, M.3C, M.3D-1991) depicting the four seasons. French.

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Passe, Crispijn I de (Flemish, 1564-1637). Winter: An indoor scene with an old man seated before a fire, and a boy kneeling to blow it with bellows. A cat is perched on the chair back. Through the open door, a dog barks at a peasant herding two pigs. In the distance a bridge and buildings. Inscribed at the top centre 'DECEMBRE' and at bottom centre 'HIVER'. Ivory, carved in low relief and mounted on thicker wood panel, height, whole, 11.5 cm, width, whole, 10.5 cm, circa 1600-1900. One of a set of four (M.3B, M.3C, M.3D-1991) depicting the four seasons. French.

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Accession Number: M.3D-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 972 pixels
Image width: 893 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 617.82kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:01:29 10:44:05

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aged animals bearded beards bellows blaze carved cats clothes clothing costume dogs domestic elderly fire fireplaces Fitz_AA flagstones Flemish French hearth homes indoor interior ivory male man old old age old man panel pigs plaque relief sculpture seasons swine swineherd Winter

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