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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.

December: Pig Slaughter and Village, from The Twelve Months

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

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