Tapestry of January, zodiac sign Aquarius from the series “Les mois Lucas”

In the center of the depiction, the two-headed Janus sits under a canopy as a symbol of the beginning. Noblemen with torches and noblewomen with arrows usher in the new year together. They are festively dressed. In the right background, a man plays the flute. The scene takes place in an elaborately decorated interior. The cartouche in the lower border contains the sign of Aquarius. The monogram of the artist Michel Audran is inscribed in the lower right of the floor.

According to the inventory of the Hofbettmeisterey 1769: 4.295 m x 3.398 m (7 cubits 14 inches high and 6 cubits wide). The height generally given for the series as 7 cubits 14 inches, i.e. 4.295 m in the written sources, is to be regarded as ideal. It can be assumed that there were differences of at least ± 10 cm.