The massive Louvre overshadows the work of the peasants tilling and sowing their field. This depiction of the palace is so detailed that, several hundred years after the building was destroyed, a very accurate model was created, based on this painting.
October
Tilling and Sowing
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Folio 19v: the calendar page for October of Les Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
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