November: breaking flax. 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: PRATA INNOVATOLEAE CAVET / CAPRIS COIRE DAT LEGIT / GLANDEM ARBORS LINA APPARAT / N
November: breaking flax. 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: PRATA INNOVATOLEAE CAVET / CAPRIS COIRE DAT LEGIT / GLANDEM ARBORS LINA APPARAT / NOVEMBER ARMA ET RVSTICA Inscriptions: Inscription in medallion: NETES SMAI / IO. IA. TRIVS. MAR. VIGL. FRANCIE MARES [Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Count of Vigevano, Marshall of France] In large hall, men carving wood to make wagons for the new season (L), 2 men breaking & cutting linen & forming it into sheaves for spinning (R); children drinking milk & eating chestnuts in foreground; central male figure, frowning, represented as the collector of rents of San Martino [=personification of November] seated & 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 Sagittarius (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, pl. 12 (det.) Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 408-9 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242334:0242358
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