February: burning the fields. 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, center: PER PRATA PINGVE DISTRHIT / IGNI PABVLVM DAT / HORTOS STERCORATVR / CH
February: burning the fields. 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, center: PER PRATA PINGVE DISTRHIT / IGNI PABVLVM DAT / HORTOS STERCORATVR / CHORAEAS DVCIT IANVARIVS Inscriptions: Inscription in medallion: NETES SMAI / IO. IA. TRIVS. MAR. VIGL. FRANCIE MARES [Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Count of Vigevano, Marshall of France] Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on right: EGO BENEDITVS D MEDIOLANI HOC OPVS FECIT CO SOCIIS SVVIS IN VIGLI Men preparing logs for burning the fields by making slits & inserting dowels to prevent them from smoking (L); nude figures may be preparing for a rite of purification (R); river god (?) [=personification of February] standing on pedestal & holding upside-down water-spurting jug points 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 Pisces (R); landscape background (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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