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Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, October (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes), Claude Audran III, French, 1658 - 1734, Red chalk, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, 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., France, 170910, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing.

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Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, October (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes), Claude Audran III, French, 1658 - 1734, Red chalk, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, 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., France, 170910, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Personalities:

JUNE • MINERVA

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Album / quintlox

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Image size:

1853 x 6179 px | 32.8 MB

Print size:

15.7 x 52.3 cm | 6.2 x 20.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

'APRIL' • 'JUNE' • 'OCTOBER' • 1658-1734 • 170910 • APHRODITE • APRIL • ARACHNE • BACK (VIEW) • BILLING PAIRS • BROWN INK • BULL • CANCER • CENTER • CENTRAL FRAME • CENTRAL FRAMING STRUCTURE SURMOUNTED • CHARGE • CLAUDE AUDRAN III • CREAM LAID PAPER • CUPID • DESIGNS • DOLPHINS • DOVES • DRAWING • DRAWN • ENGRAVED DESIGNS • FRAME • FRANCE • FRENCH • GOBELINS TAPESTRY • JUNE • LAMB • LES MOIS GROTESQUES PAR BANDES • MERCURIO • MERCURIUS • MERCURY • MERURY • MINERVA • MONTHS • OCTOBER • OMITTED • PEDESTAL SUPPORTED • PEN • PLACED • RAM (ANIMAL) • RED CHALK • RESTING • REVERSE • ROOSTER • SCORPIO • SHEEP • SWAN • TAPESTRIES • TAPESTRY • TEXTILE DESIGNS • THREE VERTICAL PANELS DEPICTING • TOP • VENUS • VENUS; • WREATH MEDALLION • WREATH