Moon and Her Children; A Tapestry from a Set of the Planets
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Article by Edith Appleton Standen on a sixteenth-century Flemish or French tapestry in the Metropolitan Museum, 'The Moon and Her Children' (also published as 'Month of June'), from a set of the planets. It traces the design to a 1531 woodcut series attributed to Bartel Beham and explains the planetary iconography, including the moon's chariot, water themes and shell-game scene. It compares the tapestry with a Brussels version in Munich and other sets, and discusses its style, coarse weave and likely provincial origin. Includes notes and three plates.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1977
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
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