August. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, workshop, attr.) [painter] c. 1525-1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'10" x W 13'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Polycarpe Charles Séchan coll., Paris (until 1875). Dreyfus de Gonzalès coll., Paris; sold, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 6/1-4/1896. William Baumgarten coll., New York. Bequeathed to museum by Mrs. Augustus D. Juilliard in 1916. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Ins
August. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, workshop, attr.) [painter] c. 1525-1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'10" x W 13'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Polycarpe Charles Séchan coll., Paris (until 1875). Dreyfus de Gonzalès coll., Paris; sold, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 6/1-4/1896. William Baumgarten coll., New York. Bequeathed to museum by Mrs. Augustus D. Juilliard in 1916. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field in band, at top: AVGVSTVS (for month of August) Inscriptions: Inscription in central field identifying figure in center: CERES Inscriptions: Inscription in central field identifying figure in upper left: SEGESSA (Segesta/Segetia=Roman goddess of standing crop) Inscriptions: Inscription in central field identifying figure in upper right corner: CVCVLINA (Tutilina/Tutulina=Roman goddess of stored grain) Wide band creates oval, dividing central field, includes zodiacal signs in medallions, interspersed with 2 figures holding hourglasses, Virgin [=Virgo] at top with name of month inscribed underneath; inside band, figure of Ceres (Demeter) sits in clouds (center, upper), men threshing & winnowing (center), women with children, 1 holds spindle (L, center); man carries large sack toward building (R, center); outside band, female figure of Segesta (Segetia) with arms out-stretched (L, upper corner); female figure of Tutilina (Tutulina) holding shovel (R, upper corner); man emptying grain into sack as woman stands behind him (L, lower corner); man carrying sack (R, lower corner) (BRD) garland of flowers & fruit with ribbons, framed by 2 narrow bands of rope motif that cross, forming squares in corners; (UPR BRD) square corners with snails, (LWR BRD); square corners with masks Possibly woven in Brussels (Kraak). At least 15 panels exist in more than 1 set of
Size: 8047px × 9200px
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