Baking Bread, Labor of the Month for December / Jean de Court, called Vigier
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.168
- Title
- Baking Bread, Labor of the Month for December
- Artist
- Jean de Court, called Vigier
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1541-1564
- Medium and Support
- enamel
- Object Creation Date
- 1540-1560
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Limousin (region)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Limousin (region)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Northern Renaissance
- Dimensions
- 10.2 cm x 8.4 cm x 0.3 cm (4 in. x 3 5/16 in. x 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Primary Object Type
- enamelware
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- plaque
- Physical Description
- This enamel roundel depicts three figures in an interior. In the foreground a man with a soft pointed cap maneuvers small round loaves of bread in an oven with a long wooden paddle. Behind him a woman with an elaborate headdress and another figure prepare more loaves for baking. The silvery gray tones of this grisaille enamel impart the scene with a subtle luminosity.
- Subject Matter
- This enamel roundel, which probably decorated a piece of tableware, depicts a baker arranging bread in his oven while two women prepare more loaves behind him. This tranquil scene of baking once accompanied eleven other roundels, each portraying a different labor representative of one of the months of the year. Although no indication of the particular month appears in this enamel, other closely related works reveal that it represents December.
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- cooking and heating devices
- cooking tools and equipment
- culinary equipment
- culinary equipment by function
- culinary equipment for preparing and cooking food
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- food
- materials
- materials by function
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- rooms and spaces by location or context
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- visual works by medium or technique
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1027 x 977
- File Size
- 73 KB
- Record
- 1977/1.168
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"Baking Bread, Labor of the Month for December; Jean de Court, called Vigier." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1977-sl-1.168/1977_1.168.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.