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August detail - Cutting the corn with a sickle

Subject: Cycle of frescos of the twelve labors of the months

Location: Trento (Italy), Castello del Buonconsiglio (Bishops Castle), Torre del'Aquila (Tower of the eagle)

Artist: otherwise unknown Master Wenceslas of Bohemia

Date: after 1397, round about at 1400

 

One of the most charming - but not well known - cycle of the labours of the months !

 

Dedicated to Renzo Dionigi and Ray Escámez Rivero.

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Uploaded on April 9, 2013