The Month of June/The Sign of Cancer, from The Grotesque Months, Paris, c. 1726. Creator: Gobelins Manufactory.

The Month of June/The Sign of Cancer, from The Grotesque Months, Paris, c. 1726. Creator: Gobelins Manufactory.

2-862-559 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Month of June/The Sign of Cancer, from The Grotesque Months, Paris, c. 1726. The god Mercury, a rooster, a goat, and miniature scene showing Mercury's betrayal and murder of the giant Argus. Woven at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, after a design by Claude III Audran.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Gobelins Manufactory, attributed to: French: Makers, manufacturers, tapissiers, weavers
After
  1. Claude Audran: French: Artist, coach painter, interior decorator, tapestry designer, curator

Medium
  1. Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

Picture Type
  1. Object
  2. Textiles

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Weather & Seasons

Religion & Belief Mythology

History & Politics Artefacts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 1194x4960
File Size : 17,351kb


Aliases

  1. 1951.260
  1. 75668
  1. 1000011592
  1. 1951.26
  1. 2-862-559
  1. 2862559


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