1678 Grapes to Wine - September Woman

1678 September - Twelve Months print Henri II Bonnart (Published by) 1678-1700 Paris

1644 Grapes to Wine Allegory of Autumn - Vintner

 David Teniers II (Flemish, 1610 - 1690) & workshop, Allegory of Autumn - Vintner 1644

1600s Grapes to Wine

 1690 Studio of David Teniers the Younger (Flemish artist, 1610–1690) Vintner

1600s Grapes to Wine

Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673, fol. 103v Picking & Treading Grapes

1640 Grapes to Wine

Wine & Spirits Seller by David Teniers (II), c 1640

1640 Grapes to Wine

Wine & Spirits Seller by David Teniers II (Flemish, 1610 - 1690) ca. 1640

1644 Grapes to Wine

The Toper, copy of Teniers's Autumn of about 1644.

1600s Grapes to Wine

 David Teniers III (1638-1685), and workshop, Vintner

1600s Grapes to Wine

 1600s David Teniers the Younger (Flemish artist, 1610–1690) Vintner

Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - 12C

1180s Labours of the Months, September, Psalter, France, Central, Latin, British Library, Harley 2895

Most iconography of months evolved from Medieval & early Renaissance art depicting in 12 scenes the rural activities that commonly took place in the months of the year. These early illustrations are important to the development of landscape painting. One of the most important activities was the grape harvest & the making of wine in September. But there were many variations, especially in major wine-growing areas, where more wine related scenes were included. Illustrations from further south, such as Italian cycles, often advance the agricultural scenes a month earlier than ones from the more northern Low countries or England.

Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 1500

Heures à l'usage de Cluny, ca. 1500 Collecting grapes to be pressed into wine

1345 Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript

Justinien, Digestum vetus, Bologne, ca. 1345 Marketing the wine

Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1385

Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, 1385 Cooper making wine barrels

Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1180

Psautier de la reine Marie, ca. 1310 VENDANGE weinbau psalter 1180 Harvesting grapes

Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1310

Psautier de la reine Marie, ca. 1310 VENDANGE vendange miracles notre dame. Harvesting grapes for wine

Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1310

Psautier de la reine Marie, ca. 1310 Vendanges à la main Grandes heures de Rohan, Anjou, vers 1430 Harvesting grapes & treading grapes for wine

Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1250

SEPTEMBRE, Psautier, Septembre, ca. 1250 Harvested grapes to be treaded & pressed into wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1280

Psautier de la reine Marie, ca. 1310 Treading grapes in the month of September in the Canterbury Calendar, c. 1280

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1385

SARMENTS ACCROCHES A UNE PERGOLA, Picking & Treading grapes for wine 1385

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1270

Martyrologe de St-Germain-des-Prés, 1270 Picking & Treading grapes for Wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1390

AUTOMNE, Treading the grapes in the wine press from The Tacuinum Sanitas of Vienna, 1390

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript

Pierre de Crescens Illustration of growing grapes for manufacturing wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1180

Weinbau psalter 1180 Bringing harvested grapes to be treaded & pressed into wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1500

Livre d Heures Jean Marion, 1500 Treading grapes into wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - 12C

Although one of these illuminations concentrates on picking grapes & making wine, the others show men & women in a variety of gardening & farming activities, including eating some of the grapes they are harvesting.  Most iconography of months evolved from Medieval & early Renaissance art depicting in 12 scenes the rural activities that commonly took place in the months of the year. These early illustrations are important to the development of landscape painting. One of the most important activities was the grape harvest & the making of wine in September. But there were many variations, especially in major wine-growing areas, where more wine related scenes were included. Illustrations from further south, such as warmer Italy, often advance the agricultural scenes a month earlier than ones from the more northern Low countries or England.

Fécamp Psalter c. 1180 Manuscript (76 F 13) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Fécamp Psalter c. 1180 Manuscript (76 F 13) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Fécamp Psalter c. 1180 Manuscript (76 F 13) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Fécamp Psalter c. 1180 Manuscript (76 F 13) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1500

A vineyard & wine-making in the Middle Ages. Book of Hours for Rome - 1500

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1324

Calendar, MS M.511 fol. 5v Calendar, Italy, Bologna, 1324-1328 Pouring grapes into the wine press.

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 1460

 Hours Calendar Leaf for September, c. 1460  Northern France probably Paris

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 15C

 Book of Hours, France, Rouen or Orléans, 15C MS G.4 fol. 4r

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1100s-1500s

 LA TAILLE DE LA VIGNE. Traité d’agronomie, Pietro de' Crescenzi, 1459

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1485 Love the Hat!

 LA TAILLE DES VIGNES (MARS). Missel de l'abbaye de Montierneuf, c 1485

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1480

 LE PRINTEMPS. Livre des propriétés des choses, 1480

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1440-50

 March. British Library. Yates Thompson 3 Book of Hours, Use of Rome (The Dunois Hours) France, Central (Paris); c. 1440-50

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1180

 PLANTATION DE PIEDS DE VIGNE 1180

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1180

  TAILLE DE LA VIGNE 1180

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1490

TAILLE DE LA VIGNE ET REMONTEES DE TERRE. Bréviaire Grimani, Mars, 1490-1510  Detail

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1500s

TAILLE DE LA VIGNE, MOIS DE MARS. Heures de Catherine de Médicis, 1500-1550

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1440

March Two grape growers prune a vine Hours use of Paris [Hours of Jeanne de France]. 1440-60

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts - Planting & pruning the vineyard 1100s-1500s

Three men pruning the grape vines

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 15C Huge Grapevines!

Tacuinum Sanitatis - BNF Ms. Latin 9333 Rhineland, mid- 15th century. fol 52v Der Herbst

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 1500 Women & Men Picking Grapes

From a Book of Hours by the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book, ca 1500

Autumn Grapes to Wine - lluminated Manuscripts A Wine Drinking Bug?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 1530 Serious Robes

'Redevancier de Saint-Germain-des-Pres' (detail) c.1530 French School at Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris.

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscripts 1440 Sanitary?

September. Treading grapes for wine. British Library. Yates Thompson 3 Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours') France, Central (Paris); c. 1440 - c. 1450

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1475 Bath Tub of Wine?

Book of Hours, France, Loire, ca. 1475, MS G.1 I fol. 9r Treading grapes into wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 15C Drinking & Treading?

Book of Hours, France, Rouen or Orléans, last quarter of 15th century MS G.4 fol. 10r Treading grapes into wine

Autumn Grapes to Wine - Illuminated Manuscript 1430 Treading in the flowers

 Heures de Marguerite d'Orléans,1430 Treading grapes into wine