Personification of Germinal, or Kien Month (Ram, 21 march - april 19) as a woman with two white doves in a rose bush in a pot. With signature four-line vers. Manufacturer : printmaker Salvatore Tresca (listed property) to order of Louis Lafitte (listed building) Publisher: Salvatore Tresca (listed property) Place manufacture: Paris Date: 1792 - 1794 Physical features: broken car, engra and etching with the hand-colored material: paper Technique: dotted engra / engra (printing process) / etch / hand-color measurements: sheet: h 330 mm (cut-off inner plate edge) × W 231 mm (cut-off inner plate e
Personification of Germinal, or Kien Month (Ram, 21 march - april 19) as a woman with two white doves in a rose bush in a pot. With signature four-line vers. Manufacturer : printmaker Salvatore Tresca (listed property) to order of Louis Lafitte (listed building) Publisher: Salvatore Tresca (listed property) Place manufacture: Paris Date: 1792 - 1794 Physical features: broken car, engra and etching with the hand-colored material: paper Technique: dotted engra / engra (printing process) / etch / hand-color measurements: sheet: h 330 mm (cut-off inner plate edge) × W 231 mm (cut-off inner plate edge) Remarks Is part of a twelve-part series with personifications of the twelve months of the French republican calendar. The French republican or revolutionary calendar was used between 1793-1806 in revolutionary France. The era began with the founding date of the Republic on September 22, 1792. The months were reorganized and given new names based on the climate, agriculture and horticultuur. Subject: March; 'Marzo' (Ripa) April; 'Aprile' (Ripa) Aries (March zodical sign or) other birds: dovepotted plant
Size: 1340px × 1863px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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