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Hugo or Justus Brouwer
Twelve Plates from a Calendar Set1739-1775

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Dutch Delftware plate painted in cobalt blue on white, depicting a January winter skating scene with six figures on ice, a striped tent, windmill, and bare trees
Delftware plate painted in blue and white, depicting an interior scene of four figures seated around a table, with one figure warming by a fireplace at left; a latticed window, draped curtain, and wall-hung picture visible in the background; the word "February" inscribed in a cartouche at top.
Delftware plate painted in blue and white, depicting three figures working in a formal garden with rectangular planting beds. A building with steps appears at left, bare trees and a walled enclosure in the background. The word "Maart" (March) appears in a cartouche at top. Rim decorated with painted hatching pattern.
Delftware plate painted in blue and white, depicting two figures in 18th-century dress exchanging a flower in a formal garden with geometric beds, a garden pavilion, and flanking trees; the word "April" appears in a cartouche at top, with hatched border decoration.
Delftware plate with blue-and-white underglaze landscape scene: two figures in 18th-century dress seated against a fence at left, a shepherd with flock and village church spire in the middle distance, framed by trees. Cartouche at top reads "Mej."
Delftware plate with blue-and-white underglaze decoration depicting an outdoor scene: two figures with sheep at left, a seated figure in a broad-brimmed hat at center, and a building with latticed window at right; trees, distant houses, and birds in background; cartouche at top reads "Juny" in cursive script.
Delftware plate with blue-and-white underglaze decoration depicting two figures harvesting in a rural landscape with trees, a windmill, and a church spire in the distance; cartouche at top reads "July"
Delftware plate with blue-and-white tin glaze painting depicting a rural harvest scene; two figures labor in fields with bundled crops and a fence row, buildings and trees in the background; cartouche at top reads "Augustus"; fluid brushwork throughout
Delftware plate with blue and white tin-glaze decoration depicting three figures harvesting fruit in a landscape; one carries a basket, one reaches toward a fruit tree, with a church spire in the background and the word "September" inscribed at the top rim.
Delftware plate with blue-and-white painted outdoor scene: three figures in 18th-century dress near barrels, trees, and a building, with a church in the background and the word "October" inscribed in a cartouche at top.
Delftware tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in blue and white, depicting a farmyard scene with three figures slaughtering a pig, a wooden trough in the foreground, buildings and trees in the background, inscribed 'November' in a cartouche at the top.
Delftware plate with blue-and-white hand-painted winter landscape scene; a figure raises an axe beside a bare tree while another gathers logs; a tent with a checkered flag, windmill, and church steeple appear in the background; labeled "Dezember" in a cartouche at top

Hugo or Justus Brouwer, 'de Porceleijne Bijl' Shop, Plate from a Calendar Set, 1739-1775, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hugo or Justus Brouwer
Manufacturer
'de Porceleijne Bijl' Shop
Title
Twelve Plates from a Calendar Set
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1739-1775
Medium
Earthenware with tin glaze and enamel (Delft)
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm) each
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.28.12.1-.12
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design