August from a set of Medallion Months
Object type: Tapestry
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Netherlandish, Brussels
Artist: Bernard van Orley
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492–1541/42 Brussels
Artist role: Designer
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: ca. 1525–28
Medium: Wool, silk (20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions: 15 ft. 8 in. × 13 ft. 11 in. (477.5 × 424.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Bequest of Helen C. Juilliard, 1916
Accession year: 1919
Tags: Infants|Men|Women|Goddess|Zodiac