farming scenes: at R, man stands near the center of a small field with a seed bag strapped around shoulder, spreading seeds; another man at LRC chops at one of the many trees along R edge; at L, a man plows a field with three horses, while a figure with a whip sits on the rear horse; a ram surrounded by clouds at center separates the two scenes

Month of March with Aries, From Twelve Months with Signs of the Zodiac, 1559

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Title
Month of March with Aries, From Twelve Months with Signs of the Zodiac
Artist Life
c. 1535-c. 1610/20
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.93.52
Provenance
Hugo Ahne, Aussig (not in Lugt). Dr. K.O. (possibly Dr. Karl Max Osthof) (not in Lugt). British Museum Printroom duplicate, Lugt 302 and 305, apparently as of October 12, 1946. [C. & J. Goodfriend, New York; sold August 9, 1983, to Andrus]; John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn.; by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth, Katie, and Julie; gave to MIA, 2015. Earlier provenances have been gathered, but further research will increase our knowledge of their histories.
Catalogue Raisonne
Bartsch 27 (vol. 9, p. 448); Hollstein 35; Nagler Monogrammisten vol. II, 1926, 51
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farming scenes: at R, man stands near the center of a small field with a seed bag strapped around shoulder, spreading seeds; another man at LRC chops at one of the many trees along R edge; at L, a man plows a field with three horses, while a figure with a whip sits on the rear horse; a ram surrounded by clouds at center separates the two scenes