Baking Bread, Labor of the Month for December / Jean de Court, called Vigier

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Accession Number
1977/1.168
Title
Baking Bread, Labor of the Month for December
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.
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1027 x 977
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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 March 29, 2024.
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