September. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1535) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1675-1725 ? Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 12'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from American Art Association ([Kountrye?] sale) 4/22/1919; sold to A. P. sloan 12/30/1926. Woman empties grain from sack that man holds, child buries hands in another sack of grain (center, foreground), seated man gestures towards approaching woman who holds basket, vessel & pot (L), woman stands beneath tree
September. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1535) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1675-1725 ? Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 12'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from American Art Association ([Kountrye?] sale) 4/22/1919; sold to A. P. sloan 12/30/1926. Woman empties grain from sack that man holds, child buries hands in another sack of grain (center, foreground), seated man gestures towards approaching woman who holds basket, vessel & pot (L), woman stands beneath tree (L of center), kneeling woman with basket & standing couple (R center), man approaching seated woman who hands him coins (R); before cottage, peasants with horse-drawn cart (L, middle ground), various men plowing with horses & sowing seeds (center), seated man with 2 woman (R); farmhouses & mountains in background (BRD) garland with flowers; narrow inner border with bead-&-reel molding Not documented in Fenaille, including border. This border & those on GCPA 0237082 & 0241564 appear to have been adjusted to fit the fields & then added. These 3 pieces were probably made up recently to form a series. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7476 [also lists: 23600] Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 50 DIA, Woven Splendor (1996) Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237080, 0237082; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0238262-0238263; similar border, GCPA 0241564
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