September and October (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)
Antoine Watteau
second quarter 18th century · Oil on canvas; wood frame, painted yellow and gilded · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
One of a set of panels (22.225.1–.6) which probably formed a set of decoration for a room. Each panel represents two months of the year, depicting astrological signs and occupations appropriate to the seasons. September and October are represented by a fruit-picking scene, above, and a peasant with a bottle and wineglass, celebrating the grape harvest, below.
- Artist
- Antoine Watteau
- Date
- second quarter 18th century
- Medium
- Oil on canvas; wood frame, painted yellow and gilded
- Culture
- French
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1922
