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Hunting scene illustrating

the month of September

(Chasses de Maximilien)

France, Paris, Manufacture royale des Gobelins, 1665-74
333 × 522 cm, wool, silk and threads of gold
Highlights of the Collection This tapestry belongs to a series of series of twelve, each illustrating

Louvre Abu Dhabi a month of the year in the form of hunting scenes. Acquired by King
Louis XIV of France in 1665, the original series immediately served as
a model in the new Manufacture royale des Gobelins, where it was
made. In this work depicting September, threads of gold enhance
the original design commissioned in the Renaissance, probably by a
member of the Habsburg court.
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