October. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1494-1533) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Kempener, Willem I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1535) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 12'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll. (purchased about 1625). Charles M. Ffoulke coll., 1889. Mrs. E. H.[Edward Henry] Harriman coll. French & Co. United States, Nebraska, Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, center medallion: OCTOBER 2 chil
October. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1494-1533) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Kempener, Willem I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1535) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 12'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll. (purchased about 1625). Charles M. Ffoulke coll., 1889. Mrs. E. H.[Edward Henry] Harriman coll. French & Co. United States, Nebraska, Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, center medallion: OCTOBER 2 children, 1 seated eating grapes, other reaches into basket with grapes on table & holds up bunch of grapes in right hand (L, foreground), 2 women & man seated on ground, 1 woman holds shallow wine glass, man supports jug on leg, behind them, female attendant holds out platter with fruit (R, foreground), man embraces woman holding basket, behind them, arbor with grapevine (center, middle ground), grape treading & dancing scenes (L, background) (BRD) garland of flowers, fruit, birds, lion's masks; (UPR BRD) medallions in corners with busts of emperor Charles & his wife Isabella of Portugal as ancient Romans, medallion in center with scorpion [=Scorpio]; (LWR BRD) medallions with 3 cherubim No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 129, 130 Ffoulke, Collection of Tapestries (1913), 51-53 DIA, Woven Splendor (1996), 50 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238258-0238267; view of room display, GCPA 0238258 (shows GCPA 0238264:2038265); compositionally similar tapestry (with differences): GCPA 0238796
Size: 8690px × 8478px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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