June [The twelve months (complete set)]

Beschrijving

Sixth engraving from the suite of 12 entitled ‘Première Suite des Mois de l’Année’ with an allegory of the month of June. Wreaths with jars, sheeps and items for shearing decorate the frame; the medaillon at the top center contains the zodiacal sign of the Cancer. In the foreground women are shearing sheeps and rams under the watch of a shepherd. On the left a woman is milking a cow. To the right a hilly background. At the bottom on a cartouche: ‘Iunio mulctra valet butyris, caseoq. recenti / Vellus praebet, ouis, apibusq. aluearia feruent / Cum pri Regis’. On the bottom right corner number ´27´added in ink.