Winter, from the "Seasons of Lucas" Series

ca. 1535

Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory, Artist Master of the Months of Lucas, Designer

Not On View

Image Only Image + Details All Images High Resolution TIFF Metadata

About the Artwork

Please note: This section is empty
Markings

Please note: This section is empty

This section contains information about signatures, inscriptions and/or markings an object may have.
Provenance

Please note: This section is empty

Provenance is a record of an object's ownership. We are continually researching and updating this information to show a more accurate record and to ensure that this object was ethically and legally obtained.

For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:
Provenance page
Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest Feedback
Published References

Please note: This section is empty

We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest Feedback
Catalogue Raisonné

Please note: This section is empty

A catalogue raisonné is an annotated listing of artworks created by an artist across different media.
Credit Line for Reproduction

Please note: This section is empty

The credit line includes information about the object, such as the artist, title, date, and medium. Also listed is its ownership, the manner in which it was acquired, and its accession number. This information must be cited alongside the object whenever it is shown or reproduced.
Audio Transcript

Please note: This section is empty

About the Artwork

Title Winter, from the "Seasons of Lucas" Series

Artwork Date ca. 1535

Makers Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (Artist) French, active 1662 - present Master of the Months of Lucas (Designer) Netherlandish, 16th century

Medium Wool and silk

Dimensions Overall: 139 inches × 24 feet 4 inches (3 m 53.1 cm × 7 m 41.7 cm)

Classification Tapestries

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fisher

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 54.440

Markings

Please note: This section is empty

Provenance

December 13, 1920 (Galerie Georges Petit) (Paris, France), lot 130;
Mr. William A. Fisher [1886–1969] and Mrs. Lura Titus Fisher [1881–1976] (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA);
1954-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

For more information on provenance, please visit:

Provenance page

Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Published References

The Henry Symons Collections. Sales cat., The Anderson Galleries. New York, January 27-February 3, 1923, pp. 282-3 [not in sale].

Freund, Karl. "Four Gobelins Tapestries," International Studio, vol. 80 (1924): pp. 234-238.

Ward, Evelyn S. "Four Seasons Tapestries from Gobelins," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 40 (June 1953): pp. 113-119.

Standen, E. "Drawings for the Months of Lucas Tapestry Series," Master Drawings 9 (Spring 1971): pp. 3-14.

Standen, E. "Studies in the History of Tapestry 1520-1790," Apollo (July 1981): pp. 2, 6-7.

Carnegie Magazine, vol. 55 (1981): pp. 6, 7.

Standen, E. European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1985, vol. 1, pp. 322-30.

Thomas, L. "Les tapisseries des mois de Lucas," 2 vols, unpublished master's thesis, Université de Paris, 1990-91, vol. 2, no. 37.

Woven Splendor: Five Centuries of European Tapestry at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, July-September 1996, cat. no. 13, p. 14, 52-3, (color repro) pp. 54-55 and cover [entry by T. Albainy].

Kindly share your feedback or any additional information, as this record is still a work in progress and may need further refinement.

Suggest Feedback

Catalogue Raisoneé

Please note: This section is empty

Credit Line for Reproduction

possibly Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory; Master of the Months of Lucas, Winter, from the "Seasons of Lucas" Series, ca. 1535, wool and silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fisher, 54.440.