This Gobelins tapestry is a French copy of one of the series of twelve 16th century Brussels tapestries depicting the months of the year in a hunting context. The gallery also owns tapestries representing the months of June and October. The original series was known as THE HUNTS OF MAXIMILLIAN and may have been produced for the Emperor Charles V. The copies were produced most probably for an aristocrat at the court of Louis XV.In the composition, The hunters are making a report to the figure on the horse, thought to represent Ferdinand of Austria, of the animals of which they have found trace before setting off on the stag hunt. The Priory of Rouge-Cloitre, where Emperor Charles and his party lodged, near to Soignes,south of Brussels, can be seen in the background.