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Tapestry, month of November, zodiac sign Sagittarius from the series "Les mois Lucas"

Mois Lucas. Novembre Les Semailles
Lost Art-ID
628704
Dresden Residential Palace, 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_0062791)
Artist / Creator
Monmerqué, Mathieu
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 November, zodiac sign Sagittarius from the series "Les mois Lucas"
Additional title
Mois Lucas. Novembre Les Semailles
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
450.00 cm
Width
350.00 cm
Description

Sowing of seeds in the month of November. A woman under a leafless tree takes the grain from a sack and places it in the apron of a farm labourer. On the left is the sower sowing the grain. On the right, a woman carries milk next to a seated man. In the background, on the same side, a cart returning to the farm. The motif corresponds to the cardboard model both in terms of the individual scenes, the backgrounds filled with architecture and the colours. The cartouche in the lower border contains the zodiac sign Sagittarius.

Despite obvious restoration work, the former U-shaped incision in the lower third on the left for mounting above a wallpaper door at the Dresden location remains visible.

450 x 350 cm (with gallon) according to the inventory of the Hofbettmeisterey 1769: height 4.295, width not recorded

Provenance
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; Circumstances of loss unknown (according to the files, lost at the relocation site in the course of World War II); ; Current whereabouts Hermitage St. Petersburg Collection, inv. no. Т-16054. The tapestry November was verified in the collection of the Hermitage St. Petersburg/Russia in 2023. According to the museum, the tapestry was acquired from a private individual in 1961. No further details are given.
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

Winterpalais St. Pertersburg, Raum 201, 1974 Birioukova; Externer Link

Published since
08.05.2025
Contact

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
Carolaplatz 1
01097 Dresden
Germany

Homepage
https://www.smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäschke
Position
Referatsleiter
Phone
0351/ 564 444200
E-Mail
Dirk.Jaeschke@smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Tobias Seefeld
Position
Referent
Phone
0351/ 564 444210
E-Mail
Tobias.Seefeld@smf.sachsen.de
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen

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