August (Agosto), by Benedetto da Milano upon drawing by Bramantino, c. 1503-1508, 16th Century, tapestry, Whole artwork view. Allegory of the month of August; up in the middle, a big coat of arms of the lineage of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, the governor of Milan; under the emblem there is the personification of the month, sitting on a throne and crowned with vine leaves; on his left some craftsmen are building barrels, while on his right a group of people are sitting around a table after a meal of melons and wine; the scene takes place under a portico framing a Renaissance square landscape, in the background; the composition is completed by a red sun with a human face on the left upper corner and by the Virgo zodiac sign on the opposite side., Tapestry, 1503, Sforza Castle, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.