December December (an interior at night with an old woman seen three-quarter length, shielding the light of a candlestick with her left hand; on the left a skull, some chestnuts and an hourglass; a goat symbolizing Capricorn behind; an owl to the right) The Twelve Months
Printmaker:
Haelwegh, Albert
Publisher:
Sandrart, Joachim I von
Painter:
Sandrart, Joachim I von
(After)
From a series of 14 plates, after Joachim von Sandrart's Twelve Months and other allegories of time for Schleissheim palace, near Munich, commissioned for Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. The Latin text is by Caspar Barlaeus and the Dutch by Joost van den Vondel.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1645
Accession number: 30.K.9-17
Primary reference Number: 238758
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 6
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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