Studio of Francesco Bassano (Bassano del Grappa 1549-1592 Venice)
Studio of Francesco Bassano (Bassano del Grappa 1549-1592 Venice)

December: A village in winter with figures slaughtering a pig, other figures by cottages gathering faggots, snow-covered mountains in the distance

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Studio of Francesco Bassano (Bassano del Grappa 1549-1592 Venice)
December: A village in winter with figures slaughtering a pig, other figures by cottages gathering faggots, snow-covered mountains in the distance
oil on canvas
58½ x 86¼ in. (148.6 x 219 cm.)

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This composition relates to a cycle of the months painted by Francesco's brother, Leandro Bassano, a large proportion of which were formerly in the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and are now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Die Gemäldegalerie des kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien, Vienna, 1991, pl. 92).

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