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January: on
the right, man elegantly dressed stead at a table, in
front of the fireplace, and looking to left; on the left
a landscape inhabited by several figures, with, in the
foreground, man playing guitar; in the middle ground,
two men on a stage addressing the crowd gathered at the
bottom; in the background, men attacking a bull which is
trampling a man underfoot on a street running through a
city and leading to a fortified city; the symbol of
Aquarius appears in the sky.
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February: on
the left man seated on a chair and warming up before the
fireplace; on the right, a square in a town, with, in
the foreground, procession of figures led by a musician
playing guitar and approaching a couple standing at
right; in the middle ground, a square, with figures
ice-skating at right; in the background, several
buildings, including church at left; symbol of Pisces
appearing in the sky |
March:
landscape with, in the foreground, at right, a peasant
man holding a sickle and walking down a slope, at the
bottom of which several figures are working in a
vineyard; in the middle of the composition, a formal
garden, and in the background, a house with an aisle
forming an angle at left; symbol of Aries appearing in
the sky. |
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April:
view of a formal garden, with several figures
walking around, and river at right; in the
foreground, at left, a gardener standing with flower
pot in the hands; symbol of Taurus appearing in the
sky.
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May:
landscape with, in the foreground, at right, a man with
hawk perched on his left hand standing on rising ground;
at the bottom, party oh huntsmen on horseback, and
elegantly dressed figures; in the middle ground, a
formal garden with portico on the left symbol of Gemini
appearing in the sky. |
June:
landscape with, in the foreground, at right, peasant man
carrying a scythe; in the middle ground, several figures
engaged in various farming activities, with figures
shearing sheep and men washing the wool in a river at
left, and men with scythe working in a field at right;
symbol of Cancer appearing in the sky. |
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July:
landscape with harvest scene and, in the foreground, at
right, a farmer walking to right and holding a sickle;
symbol of Leo appearing in the sky. |
August:
landscape with harvest scene, and river to left; in the
foreground, on the right a man holding a whip walking to
the right; symbol of Virgo appearing in the sky. |
September:
in the foreground, at left, standing man crowned with
vine leaves and grapes and holding a sickle; in the
middle ground, people harvesting grape, with man on a
ladder picking grapes off a grape arbour standing next
to a large stone building; on the right man making a
barrel while two other figures stand in a large vat and
trample grapes; in the middle, a bull-drawn cart
carrying a vat, and a man filling a barrel with vine;
vineyards at left; symbol of Libra appearing in the sky. |
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October: on
the right a peasant man sowing seeds occupies the
foreground of a landscape, with ploughing and sowing
scene in the middle ground; ocean in the distance;
symbol of Scorpio appearing in the sky.
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November:
landscape with, in the foreground at left, a peasant man
standing next to a tree and holding a stick; in the
middle ground, peasants feeding pigs with acorns fallen
from the trees at left, and men piling up wooden planks
at left; symbol of Sagittarius appearing in the sky.
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December:
view of a town, with man carrying bunch of wheat ears,
knife and axe standing in the foreground, at right; in
the middle ground, the slaughtering of the pigs set
beside a town, with man slitting the animal's throat at
left, and men curing the pigs in front of a building at
right; symbol of Capricorn appearing in the sky. |
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