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Calendar Page for September; Harvesting Grapes; Libra
Creator
Egerton MasterFrench Illuminator · 1405–1420
All works by this person →The Egerton Master gets his name from a manuscript in the British Library with the shelfmark *Egerton 1070*--a book of hours. This artist may have been Netherlandish by birth, but his career as we know it began in Paris. There he collaborated with many of the most important manuscript illuminators of the period, including the Boucicaut Master and the Master of the Brussels Initials. His work also
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- about 1410
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 72bcadaf-7986-4a1b-9c62-1aa86b85dca0
Situated within the shimmering golden leaves swirling on the black-inked vines of the margin are two subjects common to calendar pages for September. At right the zodiacal sign of Libra is shown as a man dressed in a blue robe and a green hat. He seems almost too small to balance the comically large scales he carries. Below, a woman cuts grapes from a vine and collects them in a basket. This is one of the labors of the months used for September, the time of year at which grapes are harvested.
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