The Month of June, Shearing Sheep (recto); Couples Drinking Wine, The Month of October (verso)

Master of the Months of Lucas Netherlandish

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Bernard van Orley Netherlandish

ca. 1535

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: The Month of June, Shearing Sheep (recto); Couples Drinking Wine, The Month of October (verso)
Artist: Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish, active about 1535)
Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492–1541/42 Brussels)
Date: ca. 1535
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and light gray-brown wash (faded from violet?); framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 7/16 in. (15.5 x 21.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Object Number: 1975.131.181
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Summer from a set of The Seasons of Lucas, Master of the Months of Lucas Netherlandish, Wool, silk (20-21 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), French, probably Paris — Summer from a set of The Seasons of Lucas
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Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
designed ca. 1535, woven late 17th century

Autumn from a set of The Seasons of Lucas, Master of the Months of Lucas Netherlandish, Wool, silk (20-21 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), French, probably Paris — Autumn from a set of The Seasons of Lucas
Master of the Months of Lucas
Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
designed ca. 1535, woven late 17th century

Winter from a set of The Seasons of Lucas, Master of the Months of Lucas Netherlandish, Wool, silk (20-21 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), French, probably Paris — Winter from a set of The Seasons of Lucas
Master of the Months of Lucas
Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
designed ca. 1535, woven late 17th century

January from a set of The Months of Lucas, Master of the Months of Lucas Netherlandish, Wool, silk (20-21 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), French, Paris — January from a set of The Months of Lucas
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designed ca. 1535, woven 1732–37

September from a set of The Months of Lucas, Master of the Months of Lucas Netherlandish, Wool, silk (20-21 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), French, Paris — September from a set of The Months of Lucas
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designed ca. 1535, woven 1732–37

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