Chosen worksTapestries

le-mois-de-juin
Manufacture des Gobelins - Le mois de juin, de la tenture des Chasses de Maximilien - vers 1720-1740 - Laine et soie, 385 x 286 cm - Dépôt du musée des Beaux-arts de Chartres - Inv. 11434

The month of June

Manufacture of Gobelins

The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature conserves five tapestries belonging to the Maximilian Hunts hanging. This is a reweaving, under the direction of the workshop manager Dominique de La Croix (between 1720 and 1740), of a subject created by the Brussels painter Bernard van Orley in 1535 for Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg. This theme was very popular in the 16th century. Its revival in the eighteenth century is due to the lack of new models during the reorganization of the royal manufacture of Gobelins in 1667 by Colbert. Presented in the Louvre Museum, the initial weaving develops the same allegorical vision of the twelve months of the year, illustrated by as many scenes related to the practice of hunting.

The month of June features a snack served in the forest. Gold and glassware testify to the luxury and refinement of the guests of this hunt. The border, like all those of the series, gives us information on the month illustrated, thanks to the corresponding sign of the zodiac. The arms of the Count of Toulouse (1678-1737), legitimate son of Louis XIV and the Marquise de Montespan, give us information about its owner.

works.autres Tapestries

le-mois-de-juin
Manufacture des Gobelins - Le mois de juin, de la tenture des Chasses de Maximilien - vers 1720-1740 - Laine et soie, 385 x 286 cm - Dépôt du musée des Beaux-arts de Chartres - Inv. 11434