Plate depicting The Harvest/ November from a set of the months
1550-1570
Artists
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".
Dimensions
2.1 x 20.3 cm (13/16 x 8 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
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