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Tapestry, month of June, zodiac sign Cancer from the series "Les mois Lucas"

Mois Lucas. Juin La Tonte des Moutons
Lost Art-ID
628699
Bear Garden Wing 2nd floor, Room 545 / Emperor's Salon (Tapestry Hall), south wall center detail. Detail. Author and date unknown, Walter Möbius 1930? (SLUB Dresden, Photo Library, negative number: df_hauptkatalog_0062786)
Artist / Creator
Monmerqué, Mathieu (attributed to)
Birth
1698 (ca.), Paris
Death
1746.07.02, Paris
Manufaktur
Manufacture Royale des Gobelins Paris, Atelier de Hautelisse
Formation
1607
Closing
-
Place
Paris
Title
Tapestry, month of June, zodiac sign Cancer from the series "Les mois Lucas"
Additional title
Mois Lucas. Juin La Tonte des Moutons
Dating
1737-1740
Object type
Consumer / interior textiles
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Fabric (Wool) ; Fabric (Silk) / Tapestry (Hautelisse)
Height
429.50 cm
Width
396.50 cm
Description

A scene of people shearing sheep is depicted. In the foreground on the left, a group of women and a man are carrying out the necessary tasks. They all turn to the right towards an approaching couple bringing food. In the background, the landscape opens up with fields, hills and architecture, with the rural folk busy shearing sheep everywhere in between. The cartouche in the lower border contains the zodiac sign of Cancer.

According to inventory of the Hofbettmeisterey 1769: 4.295 x 3.965 m (7 cubits 14 inches x 7 cubits).

The height measurement 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.

Provenance
Until 1942 in the Dresden Castle, Imperial Salon (Tapestry Hall), 2nd floor of the Bear Garden Wing; on August 16/17, 1943, the 8 tapestry rolls were transported to Schleinitz Palace, as an inspection on June 8, 1943, led to the conclusion that the rooms in the Green Vault were not sufficiently protected against bombing; A loss in connection with the events of WWII cannot be ruled out (according to the files, loss at the relocation site).
Literature / Source

Inventar Hofbettmeisterey 1769

Inventarverzeichnis zum Auseinandersetzungsvertrag 1924 (Freistaat Sachsen, Haus Wettin)

Erich Haenel, Führer durch das ehemalige Schloss und die Ausstellung „August der Starke und seine Zeit“, Dresden 1933, S. 10, 49

Published since
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Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäschke
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Contact
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Referent
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