Winter, from The Seasons, Paris, 1700/20. Creator: Gobelins Manufactory.

Winter, from The Seasons, Paris, 1700/20. Creator: Gobelins Manufactory.

2-879-043 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Winter, from The Seasons, Paris, 1700/20. Saturn (god of agriculture and time) and Juventas (cupbearer to the gods on Mount Olympus) floating on a cloud. Below are winter vegetables, a gun, nets and game from a hunt. In the background is the Palais du Louvre in Paris. Woven at the workshop of Etienne Le Blond and Jean de La Croix at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, after a design by Charles Le Brun. Detail from a larger artwork.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Gobelins Manufactory, attributed to: French: Makers, manufacturers, tapissiers, weavers
After
  1. Charles le Brun: French: Artist, designer, painter, draughtsman
People Related
  1. Etienne Le Blond: French: Artist, tapestry maker, weaver, tapissier
  2. Jean de La Croix: French: Artist, tapestry maker, weaver, tapissier, manufactury director

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

Picture Type
  1. Object, textiles

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Weather & Seasons

Religion & Belief Mythology

People Other

History & Politics Artefacts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3770
File Size : 54,783kb


Aliases

  1. 1954.261
  1. 80479
  1. 1000036029
  1. 1954.261
  1. 2-879-043
  1. 2879043

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