Amsterdam, Swelinck, Jan Gerritsz, Ianvier, The twelve months, January, verso middle - stamped, The month January. In a winter landscape with skaters Joseph leads the donkey with Mary and the Christ child on it. In a stable attached to a house Mary sits with the Christ child next to the ox. The sleeping Joseph is told in a dream by an angel that he must flee to Egypt with his family to escape from Herod. In the sky the symbol for the constellation Aquarius. Below the print four lines of verse in French with a reference to Math. 2. On either side of the text a printer's mark., print, prints, verso center - stamped, height 140 mm, width 91 mm, North Netherlands, 1601, print maker, printmaker, 1624 - 1645, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, letterpress
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