May. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1494-1533) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Kempener, Willem I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1535) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'3" x W 15'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll. (purchased about 1625). Charles M. Ffoulke coll., 1889. Mrs. E. H.[Edward Henry] Harriman coll. French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, center
May. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1494-1533) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Kempener, Willem I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1535) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'3" x W 15'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll. (purchased about 1625). Charles M. Ffoulke coll., 1889. Mrs. E. H.[Edward Henry] Harriman coll. French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, center medallion: MAIVS Group of riders on horses (L, foreground), seated figures & children watch various activities before them, child with arrows, jester with wheel (center & R, foreground), musicians, 1 man plays drum, another fife, men with bows, 2 aim toward bird atop maypole (center, foreground), landscape, figures on horseback (L of center, background), dancing scene near church (R, background) (BRD) garland of flowers, fruit, birds, lion's masks; (UPR BRD) medallions in corners with busts of emperor Charles & his wife Isabella of Portugal as ancient Romans, medallion in center with twins [=Gemini]; (LWR BRD) medallions with 3 cherubim No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 129, 130 Ffoulke, Collection of Tapestries (1913), 51-53 DIA, Woven Splendor (1996), 50 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238258-0238267; view of room display, GCPA 0238258 (shows GCPA 0238264:2038265)
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