December (Dicembre), by Benedetto da Milano upon drawing by Bramantino, c. 1503-1508, 16th century (tapestry)

Whole artwork view. Allegorical representation of the month of December; up in the middle, a big coat of arms of the lineage of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, the governor of Milan; under the emblem there is the personification of the month, represented as Saturn with sickle and tied feet; he is surrounded by farmers preparing pork sausages around a large caldron placed at the foot of Saturn; to the right there are two pigs at the trough, on the floor there are different vegetables, objects and working tools; in background there are architectural elements and buildings of a town, overlooked by a pale sun with a human face on the left corner and the Capricorn zodiac sign on the right one. Benedetto da Milano Sforza Castle, Milan, Lombardy, Italy