Shop Talk. A Conversation about the Augsburg Pictures of the Months

Four large-scale paintings from the 16^th century, the so-called Augsburg Pictures of the Months, are highlights of the DHM collections. They were favourites of visitors to the Permanent Exhibition, which has been closed for renovation since 2021, and they will be displayed again when the exhibition is reopened in the Zeughaus. The picture of the months “January – February – March” is currently the centrepiece of the children’s exhibition “Dive into the Picture! Time Travel for Kids”. What do these paintings tell us about their epoch and to what degree are they historical sources? What do we know today thanks to the extensive restoration work on the pictures? And what new cultural-historical questions has this work raised?