March: pruning. 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: ANNVM IN COHAT RESOLV[...] / TERRA OMNIA VNDE GERMINAVI[?] / HOMINES PECORA PIS
March: pruning. 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: ANNVM IN COHAT RESOLV[...] / TERRA OMNIA VNDE GERMINAVI[?] / HOMINES PECORA PISCES AVES / AGITQVE AMORE MARTIVS Inscriptions: Inscription in medallion: NETES MAI / IO. IA. TRIVS. MAR. VIGL. FRANCIE MARES [Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Count of Vigevano, Marshall of France] Figures engaged in activities of the month, including men pruning trees & cutting branches on the ground (L) & other men with gardening tools in foreground & pruning & grafting trees in background (R); central figure [=personification of March] on inscribed pedestal wearing wreath & 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, flanked by men in armor, & corona with zodiac sign for Aries (R); heads of the 4 winds set in ground below pedestal (BRD) hexagonal compartments, linked by rosettes, containing a repeating sequence of 5 coats of arms [patron's in corners & at mid-points] 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. 5 (det.) Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 408-9 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242334:0242358
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