December. unknown c. 1550-1575 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Musée des Gobelins (according to inscription on back of photograph). Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border in vertical cartouche: DECEMBER / SVB TV TELA VESTAE / CVM SIGNO CAPRICORNI Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border within frame of cartouche: EDVCATVR VRITBR / ACTE CAPRINO / AB AMALTHEA / ET MEBISSA Inscriptions: Inscription in central field in vertical cartouche: SATVRNVS In central arched arched garden trellis, female figure, crowned with wreath surmo
December. unknown c. 1550-1575 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Musée des Gobelins (according to inscription on back of photograph). Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border in vertical cartouche: DECEMBER / SVB TV TELA VESTAE / CVM SIGNO CAPRICORNI Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border within frame of cartouche: EDVCATVR VRITBR / ACTE CAPRINO / AB AMALTHEA / ET MEBISSA Inscriptions: Inscription in central field in vertical cartouche: SATVRNVS In central arched arched garden trellis, female figure, crowned with wreath surmounted by miniature castle, holds shield bearing goat-fish hybrid, attended by cock & lion; flanked by 2 vignettes, showing man chopping tree & slaughtering of pig, & 2 miniature niches each holding a male allegorical figure; strapwork with grotesque & allegorical figures, fruits & flowers (BRD) strapwork interspersed with flowers, fruits, animals & figures, framed by 2 narrow borders with twisting band around rod with miniature grotesque masks in each corner; (UPR BRD) central cartouche flanked by grotesque masks, putti & strapwork; (LWR BRD) central cartouche with Ariadne milking goat Amalthea, infant Jupiter (Zeus) holding milk bowl, & strapwork; (L & R BRD) central female figure crowned with fruit-filled vase surrounded by strapwork, allegorical figures in lower corners, lion masks in cartouches in upper corners Unknown attributor's notation on reverse: Tapisserie ancienne / Capricorne, n'ai pas plus de details sur cette tapisserie, elle a été dans la musée des Gobelins. Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 87 Related Works: Stylistically similar tapestry, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, "Grotesque Months: October"
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