October from a set of The Months of Lucas
This tapestry was part of a set of twelve celebrating courtly pastimes, each dedicated to a month of the year. Here, the ripened fruits and vintage traditionally associated with autumn are evoked by a lady and gentleman sampling wine and a boy feasting on grapes. In the middle ground, a pair of lovers meet under a simple trellised arbor, beautifed by abundant trusses of ripe fruit. Behind them, vintners press grapes and barrel wine, while in the distance, dancing peasants celebrate the end of the harvest. April, from the same series, is on display nearby.
Though woven in eighteenth-century Paris, these hangings were designed after a sixteenth-century Netherlandish tapestry set (now lost) in the French royal collection. The resulting works winningly combine a Renaissance sensibility in subject matter, compositional style, and clothing fashions with a lush Rococo border, a rainbow palette, and virtuosi weaving techniques more typical of 1730s France.
Though woven in eighteenth-century Paris, these hangings were designed after a sixteenth-century Netherlandish tapestry set (now lost) in the French royal collection. The resulting works winningly combine a Renaissance sensibility in subject matter, compositional style, and clothing fashions with a lush Rococo border, a rainbow palette, and virtuosi weaving techniques more typical of 1730s France.
Artwork Details
- Title: October 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. × 9 ft. (360.7 × 274.3 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
- Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1944
- Object Number: 44.60.8
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Master of the Months of Lucas
Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
designed ca. 1535, woven late 17th century
Master of the Months of Lucas
Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
designed ca. 1535, woven late 17th century
Master of the Months of Lucas
Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
designed ca. 1535, woven late 17th century
Multiple artists/makers
designed ca. 1535, woven 1732–37
Multiple artists/makers
designed ca. 1535, woven 1732–37
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