The Twelve Ages of a Man: The Second Three Ages (18-36), or Summer ca. 1515 Probably after a design by the Workshop of Bernard van Orley Netherlandish This is the second in a set of four tapestries illustrating the life of a man as divided into twelve periods of six years. Ceres, in the center, stands for the summertime of life; the symbols and occupations of three months, April, May, and June, represent the years from ages 18 to 36. Ceres, Roman goddess of the harvest, is identified in a Latin elegiac distich on a scroll. The pansies and daisies of Ceress dress are not traditionally her flowers, and it has been suggested that they may refer here to the possible patron of this tapestry series, Margaret of Austria, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 until 1530. The green bird conspicuous in the composition might also have been intended as a reference to Margaret of Austria, who apparently owned a green parrot.Each of the three vertical sections includes a roundel at the top

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The Twelve Ages of a Man: The Second Three Ages (18-36), or Summer ca. 1515 Probably after a design by the Workshop of Bernard van Orley Netherlandish This is the second in a set of four tapestries illustrating the life of a man as divided into twelve periods of six years. Ceres, in the center, stands for the summertime of life; the symbols and occupations of three months, April, May, and June, represent the years from ages 18 to 36. Ceres, Roman goddess of the harvest, is identified in a Latin elegiac distich on a scroll. The pansies and daisies of Ceress dress are not traditionally her flowers, and it has been suggested that they may refer here to the possible patron of this tapestry series, Margaret of Austria, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 until 1530. The green bird conspicuous in the composition might also have been intended as a reference to Margaret of Austria, who apparently owned a green parrot.Each of the three vertical sections includes a roundel at the top

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