Januari met het teken van de waterman Januari met het teken van de Waterman, SK-A-4142 As the inscription at the bottom indicates the the subject of this painting January. The sign of Aquarius is depicted as a naked man who donates an empty water jug. The peacock and lion are attributes of Juno, the patroness January. This peacock and harp above comes from about 1709 designed carpet series Le Douze Mois Grotesques by Claude Audran III (1658-1734), which has been in print by Jean Audran (1667-1756). Both motifs occur in January at the picture with the first two months. The mirrored winged mans

Januari met het teken van de waterman Januari met het teken van de Waterman, SK-A-4142 As the inscription at the bottom indicates the the subject of this painting January. The sign of Aquarius is depicted as a naked man who donates an empty water jug. The peacock and lion are attributes of Juno, the patroness January. This peacock and harp above comes from about 1709 designed carpet series Le Douze Mois Grotesques by Claude Audran III (1658-1734), which has been in print by Jean Audran (1667-1756). Both motifs occur in January at the picture with the first two months. The mirrored winged mans Figures possible to go back in a similar female figures in the loggia Rafael (1483-1520), which, inter alia, known Maderna may have the prints of Giovanni Volpato (1735-1803) and Giovanni Ottaviani (ca. 1735-1808) Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1776-1777, see Vol. 1, no. IX). This painting is part of a series pilasterpanelen (SK-A-4142 t / m SK-A-4150), commissioned by Josephus Augustus Brentano (1753-1821) for his house Herengracht 544. Manufacturer : painter Jan Kamphuijs Designer: giambattista Maderni Dating: 1791 Physical characteristics: oil on panel material: panel oil Dimensions: h cm. (With frame) b × cm. SubjectJanuary ~ other concepts (+ with signs or personifications of the planets together with zodiacal signs) ~ ornament grotesque

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