January: month of rest. 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 central field on pedestal: PALOS ACVIT VT VITIBUS / POETVRA AVES [?]RTIS VOCAT / IVNGIT BOVES PVISA SOLO
January: month of rest. 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 central field on pedestal: PALOS ACVIT VT VITIBUS / POETVRA AVES [?]RTIS VOCAT / IVNGIT BOVES PVISA SOLO / ET JANVARIVS NIVE[?] Inscriptions: Inscription in medallion: NETES MAI / IO. IA. TRIVS. MAR. VIGL. FRANCIE MARES [Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Count of Vigevano, Marshall of France] Man plays bagpipe as figures, 1 masked, dance (L); other figures converse, 1 holds shovel (R), & others watch from window; in center, double-headed Janus [=personification of January],looking back to the old year & ahead to the new, stands on pedestal & points with stick 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 Aquarius (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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