September and October (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)

September and October (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)

Antoine Watteau

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of a set of panels (22.225.1–.6) which probably formed a set of decoration for a room. Each panel represents two months of the year, depicting astrological signs and occupations appropriate to the seasons. September and October are represented by a fruit-picking scene, above, and a peasant with a bottle and wineglass, celebrating the grape harvest, below.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

September and October (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)September and October (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)September and October (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)September and October (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)September and October (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.