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Plate depicting The Harvest/ November from a set of the months

Enamel plate depicting a grain harvesting scene with three working figures, bundles of grain, with buildings and a distant landscape in the background, probably from a set of the months of the year. A grotesque border incorporates monkey-like creatures and dragons with a scorpion at the top (for November) and a coat of arms with a motto in a scroll, "DE FORTI DULC EDO" at the bottom. The reverse is decorated in grisaille with gold accents and depicts a profile portrait of a man in an elaborate headdress surrounded by a strapwork border incorporating fruits, vegetables and cherubs. There is a floral arabesque outer border with fleurs de lys in roundels and the initials, "PR".

Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts Grenville L. Winthrop New York bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943 Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Pierre Reymond (Artist)

1550-1570 16th century 1550 1570

French

Title: Plate depicting The Harvest/ November from a set of the months

Description:

Enamel plate depicting a grain harvesting scene with three working figures, bundles of grain, with buildings and a distant landscape in the background, probably from a set of the months of the year.

A grotesque border incorporates monkey-like creatures and dragons with a scorpion at the top (for November) and a coat of arms with a motto in a scroll, "DE FORTI DULC EDO" at the bottom.

The reverse is decorated in grisaille with gold accents and depicts a profile portrait of a man in an elaborate headdress surrounded by a strapwork border incorporating fruits, vegetables and cherubs.

There is a floral arabesque outer border with fleurs de lys in roundels and the initials, "PR".

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