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January from a set of The Months of Lucas

designed ca. 1535, woven 1732–37
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: January from a set of The Months of Lucas
  • Designer: Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish, active about 1535)
  • Designer: Additions and alterations probably by Joseph Yvart (1649–1728) about 1721
  • Designer: and Charles Chastelain (1672–1755) about 1721
  • Designer: and perhaps by Louis de Boulogne the Younger (1654–1733) about 1731
  • Designer: Borders by Pierre Josse Perrot (active 1724–35)
  • Maker: Woven under the direction of Michel Audran (French, 1701–1771 Paris)
  • Manufactory: Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662)
  • Patron: Commissioned for Comte de Toulouse (1678–1737)
  • Date: designed ca. 1535, woven 1732–37
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Wool, silk (20-21 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
  • Dimensions: 11 ft. 10 in. × 10 ft. 4 in. (360.7 × 315 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
  • Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1944
  • Object Number: 44.60.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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