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Provenance
Beauvais Carpets 29 December 1997.
Literature
Pierrette, Jean-Richard. Ornemanistes Du Xve Au Xviie siècle: Gravures Et Dessins: Xive Exposition De La Coll. Edmond De Rothschild, Musée Du Louvre, 12 Juin - 21 Septembre 1987. Meeting of National Museums, 1987 ed., vol. 1, Éd. De La Réunion Des Musées Nationaux, 1987.
Exhibited
Ornemanistes du XVe au XVIIe siècle: Gravures et dessins: XIVe exposition de la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. 12 June - 21 September 1987, Louvre, Paris, France.
This tapestry is from a series of twelve textiles illustrating a month of the year and their corresponding Zodiac. A design of grotesques fills the background, while a nude woman and man hold a central medallion. Within the medallion is a vignette of figures ice-skating around a tower.
In a chariot, Venus, Jupiter, and Cupid are driven by doves. According to one myth, Venus and Cupid once transformed into a fish whilst escaping the wrath of Typhon - one inspiration for the constellation. Numerous creatures and figures fill the ornate landscape, making this tapestry a magnificent example of 16th century Flemish weaving.