September: wine-making. Bramantino (Italian, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Benedetto da Milano (Italian, act. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1501-1507 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Italian Weaving Center: , LombardyVigevano Ownership History: Commissioned by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1436-1518). Italy, Lombardy, Milano, Milan, Castello sforzesco, Civiche raccolte d'arte antica. Inscriptions: Inscription in lower central field, on pedestal: SEPTEMBER VVAS VT EQVIT VINA ET PARAT DAT AVCVPI / GRATAS VOLVPTAES BON
September: wine-making. Bramantino (Italian, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Benedetto da Milano (Italian, act. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1501-1507 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Italian Weaving Center: , LombardyVigevano Ownership History: Commissioned by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1436-1518). Italy, Lombardy, Milano, Milan, Castello sforzesco, Civiche raccolte d'arte antica. Inscriptions: Inscription in lower central field, on pedestal: SEPTEMBER VVAS VT EQVIT VINA ET PARAT DAT AVCVPI / GRATAS VOLVPTAES BONA / ET MENSIVMRECOLLGIT Inscriptions: Inscription in medallion: NET ES MAI / IO. IA. TRIVS. MAR. VIGL. FRANCIE MARES [Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Count of Vigevano, Marshall of France] In large hall, 4 men walking in circle pushing spokes of wine press as others engage in related activities in background; in center stands male figure wearing wreath & garland loin-cloth with bunches of grapes, standing on pedestal [=personification of September] pointing towards upper register with corona representing the sun (L), central cartouche with the arms, impresa (a siren breaking a file on a diamond), & motto of the patron, & corona with zodiac sign for Scorpio (R) (BRD) hexagonal compartments, linked by rosettes, containing a repeating sequence of 5 coats of arms [patron's in corners & at mid-points]; (UPR & LWR BRD) identifying inscription around each coat of arms The coats of arms on the border may allude to the 1503 marriage of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio to Paola di Ridolfo Gonzaga. New York (Met), Tapestry in the Renaissance (2002), 123-129, cat. 11 Valsecchi, Arazzi dei mesi (1968) Viale Ferrero, Arazzi italiani (1961), 19 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 408-9 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242334:0242358
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