Pieter Stevens - Marcus Sadeler - Februarius Petrus Stephani inven

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of February, showing a late winter celebration and feast, with much revelry taking place among those eating and drinking in front of a tavern or restaurant on the left, as well as in the background. On the lower right a dance is taking place on a raised platform with spectators on the ground and in a carriage. Includes the zodiac sign "Pisces" at top, and six lines of verse printed across the bottom.

Signed on plate on lower left center.
Illus. from: Menses XII anni solaris. Illustr:mo et generos:mo Domino D. Ferdinando Hoffman Libero Baroni in Grunpuhel et Strechau Domino in Grevenstain et Ianowitz Supremo Hereditario Ducatus Styriæ Curiæ Magistro Supremo Archiducatus Austriæ Marsalco Sacratiss. Caes. et Regiæ Maiestatis Consiliario et Seniori Cameræ Aulicæ Præfecto etc: Sac. Cæs. Mai. Sculptor Egidius Sadeler dedicat. [Prag.] : [Marcus Sadeler], 1607.
Purchase; Hubbard Fund; 1949.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).