Tapestry, month of February, zodiac sign fish from the series "Les mois Lucas"
A domestic scene is depicted on a cold winter's day. The fire is blazing in the fireplace. At the table, a couple is passing the time with a board game, in the left foreground with a card game. The open door on the left provides an unobstructed view of the surrounding winter landscape, where farmers are cutting and bundling wood. The cartouche in the lower border contains the zodiac sign Pisces. A signature or mark is not recognisable in the visible area, but could be on the border at the bottom, which is covered by the wooden trim
According to the inventory of the Hofbettmeisterey 1769: 4.295 m height, width not recorded as not used during initial assembly. The height measurement generally given in the written sources as 7 cubits 14 inches, i.e. 4.295 m, is to be regarded as ideal. It can be assumed that there were differences of at least ± 10 cm.
Inventar Hofbettmeisterey 1769
Inventarverzeichnis zum Auseinandersetzungsvertrag 1924 (Freistaat Sachsen, Haus Wettin)
Erich Haenel, Führer durch das ehemalige Schloss und die Ausstellung „August der Starke und seine Zeit“, Dresden 1933, S. 10, 49
Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
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