The Month of July/The Sign of Leo, from The Grotesque Months

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The Month of July/The Sign of Leo, from The Grotesque Months

After a design by Claude III Audran (1658–1734), 1708–09LinkedCulture matchlcp-2ca9c6956366

Date
c. 1726
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Culture
Paris
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
139798

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This narrow panel and its companion belong to a suite known as The Grotesque Months , which depicts the 12 months of the year and their associated zodiac signs. A Roman deity, centrally positioned within a pergola, personifies each month. July , with the sign of Leo—a lion—appears in a grisaille cartouche near the top of this tapestry. The bearded Jupiter sits on a great eagle amid storm clouds, and the fleece and head of Amalthea, the goat that suckled the infant god, hangs from the top of the pergola. Other attributes associated with Jupiter appear above and below the god.

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Bessie Bennett Endowment

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AAT300014063

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