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Title:
July
Creator:
Herman, Jean, and Pol de Limbourg, painters
Description:
The time for the wheat harvest, according to the Labors of the Months. Two men reap with scythes while a man and a woman shear sheep in the foreground. The castle in the scene is that of Poitiers, one of the patron’s many properties. The image thus highlights the patron’s power and wealth. The portrayal of the peasants working diligently reinforces contemporary social norms concerning the role of the peasantry. Above, Apollo directs his chariot between the symbols of Cancer and Leo.
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Wikimedia Commons
Rights:
Public domain
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Agriculture
Astrology
Castles
Peasantry
Trés Riches Heures de Duc de Berry
Work
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
15
Date:
ca. 1404
Related Work:
Trés Riches Heures
Current Location:
Paris, Musée Condé, MS 65, fol. 7v
Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Manuscript illuminations
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Vellum (parchment)
Donor:
Layman; Jean, Duke of Berry
Height/Width/Length(cm):
13.6 cm/ 5.4"/22.5 cm/ 8.9"/
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