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English: Drawing, Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, October (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes), 1709–10   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, October (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes), 1709–10
Description
English: Three vertical panels depicting the months of April, June and October, in reverse from the engraved designs for tapestries. "April" shows the bull in a wreath medallion at top, with Venus and Cupid in a frame at the center of the drawing. Below the frame is a swan between billing pairs of doves, all resting on a pedestal supported by dolphins. In "June", Cancer is omitted. Mercury is placed in the central framing structure surmounted by a cock. A ram is below. "October" shows Scorpio in a wreath at top, Minerva in the central frame, and Arachne(?) making a tapestry below.
Date 1709–10
Medium red chalk, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions

38.7 × 10.2 cm (15 1/4 in. × 4 in.)

Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1911-28-1-3
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Period: Baroque
  • Country: France
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