in this 1410s illuminated book of hours, december is for hunting wild boar
in this 1410s illuminated book of hours, december is for hunting wild boar
www.wikiart.org Calendar: December (Hunting Wild Boar), 1416 - Limbourg brothers - WikiArt.org
‘Calendar: December (Hunting Wild Boar)’ was created in 1416 by Limbourg brothers in International Gothic style. Find more prominent pieces of illustration at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Apparently such things typically have December as slaughtering-of-the-pig? But a boar is so much more Germanically seasonal. I love the decadent flat ultramarines in this -- actually it's cool how little the palette varies from the pigments they clearly used. Ultramarine, yellow ochre, burnt sienna...
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