The engraving depicts the activities of September and October in an Italian landscape. The fruit harvest is depicted on the left and the grape harvest on the right. In the left foreground are ladders against apple trees. Men sit in the trees and pick the fruit. Below the trees, the fruit is collected in baskets transported by donkey. In the centre, grapes are picked and on the right, wine barrels are nailed shut. At the back right, in a small building, grapes are pressed by feet. At the top of the hill the ruins of a round temple. At the top left and right, the signs of the zodiac are represented: the constellation Libra and the constellation Scorpio.
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Aegidius II Sadeler
RKD
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Aegidius II Sadeler
RKD
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| Title | September and October |
| Date | 1615 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
burin engraving
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2015-LO-3 |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-LO-3 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8898/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055866
allegory (artistic device)
AAT
25H landscapes Iconclass 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
23D43
summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa)
Iconclass
23D44 autumn, fall, 'Autumnus'; 'Autunno' (Ripa) Iconclass 23I33 September; 'Settembre' (Ripa) Iconclass 23I41 October; 'Ottobre' (Ripa) Iconclass 23K33 September and its 'labours' Iconclass 23K41 October and its 'labours' Iconclass 23O41 Libra (zodiacal sign of September) Iconclass 23O42 Scorpio (zodiacal sign of October) Iconclass 25G21(APPLE) fruits: apple Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G3(APPLE-TREE) trees: apple-tree Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H114 low hill country Iconclass 25I5 landscape with tower or castle Iconclass 31A2723 climbing Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 41A343 ladder Iconclass 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 41C653 fruit Iconclass 41C653(APPLE) fruit (APPLE) Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 46C13142 ass, donkey Iconclass 47I14 harvest Iconclass 47I413 fruit harvest Iconclass 47I42 viticulture, wine-growing; vintage Iconclass 47I421 vineyard Iconclass 47I4222 bunch of grapes Iconclass 47I4223 grape Iconclass 47I4241 treading grapes Iconclass 61D(ITALY) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (ITALY) Iconclass |
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