Tapestries Depicting Hunting Scenes

A collection of historic tapestries featuring hunting themes, displaying hunters, mythological figures, and lush landscapes. Rich colors and intricate detailed borders highlight the artwork.

Hunters resting with dog. unknown c. 1770-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'1" x W 2'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mrs. Philip Wilson 7/22/1948; returned 2/21/1958. In landscape with trees, 2 seated hunters with fowling-pieces & hound dogs having a conversation; buildings on hill in distance (R) (BRD) within a scalloped & garlanded frame with acanthus leaves & flowers French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80022-c Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240466, 0240483, 0240487, 0184446

Hunters resting with dog. unknown c. 1770-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'1" x W 2'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mrs. Philip Wilson 7/22/1948; returned 2/21/1958. In landscape with trees, 2 seated hunters with fowling-pieces & hound dogs having a conversation; buildings on hill in distance (R) (BRD) within a scalloped & garlanded frame with acanthus leaves & flowers French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80022-c Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240466, 0240483, 0240487, 0184446

David and Bathsheba. unknown c. 1535-1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13' x W 16'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. David, from roof of his palace (L, middle ground) sees Bathsheba, surrounded by female attendants, bathing at fountain (R, foreground); David & Bathsheba enthroned, approached by male figure (2 Samuel 11-12); combat in landscape (background) (BRD) ribbon-tied bunches of oversize flowers & fruit on central rod, interspersed with putti No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238997-023900, 0236321

Cephalus inadvertently kills Procris. unknown c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 10' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Eastern Rug & Trading Co. 7/25/1911. In wooded clearing, Procris, wounded by spear, dies in reclining position against tree as Cephalus rushes towards her; pointing Cupid & sniffing dog at her side; manor visible beyond (BRD) scrolling flower garland with acanthus foliage; (UPR BRD) centered by bunch of flowers headed by pair of flames; (LWR BRD) bunch of flowers in center; (L & R BRD) hunting trophies in center French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 2199

Rape of Sabines . unknown c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'6" x W 13'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Tournai Ownership History: French & Co. 3 scenes divided by trees with Roman soldiers & Sabine women; coat of arms on tree (center) (BRD) garland of flowers & fruit against palm-tree motif No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number

Landscape with Mercury (Hermes), Ceres (Demeter) and Jupiter (Zeus). unknown c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'11" x W 10'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Bacri frères 4/24/1917; sold Marshall Field Co. n.d..

Swing. unknown c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'7" x W 5'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape with trees, plants & animals, 2 young men each holding rope flank a lady on a swing (BRD) picture-frame border with S-scrolled guilloche motif enclosing flower head; outer band of stylized bell flowers & acanthus leaves in corners There is a variant to this scene, with the presence to the right of a woman with children & animals. Similarly, the composition can be seen enlarged, with the inclusion of a group of people with children looking at a sun dial, near cattle, on the left. The name Gweney Munn appears on the verso, top of GCPA 0243113. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0184439, 0243110, 0243111, 0243114; compositionally similar tapestries (with variations), GCPA 0243104, 0243106, 0243108; compositionally similar tap

Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra designed ca. 1650, woven 1650-77 Designed by Justus van Egmont Flemish. Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra. Flemish, Brussels. designed ca. 1650, woven 1650-77. Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.). Textiles-Tapestries

Mercury falls in love with Herse. unknown c. 1680 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'2" x W 10'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. In wooded setting, wandering Herse & 4 maidens look & gesture towards flying Mercury as he points with caduceus to their figures below (BRD) garland with flowers & foliage; (UPR & LWR BRD) diminutive fruit-filled vessels on R No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number

June, sheep-shearing. unknown c. 1660-1670 borders Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'2" x W 9'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: Mortlake Ownership History: French & Co. purchased with partial interest of Parish Watson & Co., 12/31/1919; sold to F. Doelger 4/27/1926 SS 7484. French & Co. received from Cecile B. Doelger, 10/9/1952; "returned to consigner" 9/28/1959 SS 52582. Landowner showing his wife & child (L, foreground); peasants shearing sheep (R, middle ground) (BRD) garland with fruit & hunting trophies; (UPR BRD) shield with 3 lions, surmounted by crown in center The whole tapestry has been extensively rewoven. In fact, apart from the borders, it seems a more modern reweaving than anything else. It may be a late 19th/20th century fake, built upon the borders & some fragments (Campbell). The composition is related to the "Months of Lucas" in the version of a Bruges series, now in Vienna, rather than in the Gobelins series (Cavallo). French & Co. s

Coat of arms. Reydams, Heinrich I (Flemish, act.1629-1669) (workshop) weaver Raet, Jan de (Flemish, act.1629-1644) (workshop) weaver c. 1630-1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'9" x W 8'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom Henirch Reydams I Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, left of center: RAET Coat of arms surmounted by plumed helmet, supported by 2 female personifications of Abundance with cornucopia (L) & Minerva (Athena) with sword (R) =Virtues ; river, bridge & village in landscape (center, background) (BRD) verdure-like foliage, framed by 2 narrow bands of twisting foliage interspersed with flowers No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number

Alexander at siege of Tyre. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (follower, designed after) painter Raes, Jan I (Flemish, act.1610-1631) (workshop, attr.) weaver Guebels, Jacques I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act.1580-1605) (workshop) weaver c. 1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 290 x W 270 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventories of Carlos III (1788), Fernando VIII & "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A.366-12377. Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border cartouche: INSTRVCTA TIME Alexander & his generals listen to messanger from city of Tyre who kneels before king of Macedonia & points with his left hand to city under siege; city; banquet celebration (BRD) entrelats with flowers, fruits & figures; (L & R BRD) medallions with figura

Toilet of Venus (Aphrodite). unknown c. 1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'6" x W 7'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: Charles Mather Ffoulke coll., Washington D. C., 1909 (Soustelle). French & Co. sold to Hotel Biltmore 10/27/1916 () note on verso of 2 photographs.

Triumph of Bacchus (Dionysus/Dionysos). unknown unknown Tapestry Dimensions: H 2.57 x W 1.77 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: Sir Trevor Lawrence coll. Jacques Seligmann & Co. sold to Sturel, Paris, 2/10/1919. In landscape, Bacchus seated in leopard-drawn chariot surrounded by nymphs & followers playing various instruments (BRD) floral garland entwined with acanthus leaves framing rosettes Jacques Seligmann & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7460 old stock no. 7121 Related Works: Panels in set: 0243356-0243357

Birds in landscape. unknown c. 1725-1775 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'6" x W 19'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Charles E. Mitchell, received 11/24/1919; sold to A. A. Cook 5/16/1923. 2 large birds near stream, amongst flowering plants & trees; bird perched in branch (R) overlooking the pair; stream leads to building with fountain pouring in basin; additional buildings in background & bird near cascading stream (R) (BRD) picture-frame border with stylized, alternating half-piastres framing garland of scrolling flower heads; additional decorative elements in corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 21309

Meeting of Alexander and Jaddus. Mander, Karel van II (Flemish, ca.1579-1623) (author of design workshop) painter weaver c. 1620 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'2" x W 17' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Dutch Weaving Center: Delft Ownership History: San Donato sale (Prince Paul Demidoff) Florence, 1880. French & Co. purchased from Max Foxman, payment 8/25/1953. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, given by the Vereniging Rembrandt in 1961. Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, accno. BK 1961-52. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left of center Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower inner guard, center: IKMANDER FECIT Alexander kneels before Jaddus (center); high priest of Jerusalem; Jerusalem cityscape (center, background) (BRD) stylized foliage motif with birds, wreaths in corners This panel is 1 out of a set of 9; all sold from the Palace of San Donato in Florence in 1880 by Prince Paul Demidoff. Note that the letters "K" & "M" in his woven signature form a mono

Drowning of Britomartis. Dubreuil, Toussaint (French, 1561-1602) (author of design) painter La Planche, Raphael de (French, act. ca.1627-1690) (workshop) weaver c. 1640-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2 x W 8'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 9/13/1926; sold to M. M. van Beuren 7/23/1928. At edge of water, Diana, accompanied by 3 hunting maidens & hunting dog, reaches out towards drowning Britomartis (foreground); farther along the bank King Minos with raised arms, accompanied by Cupid, observes drowning Britomartis; farther in distance, men on boat retrieve body of Britomartis in net; in background Diana hands net to 2 men; temple visible beyond (BRD) acanthus scroll with cartouches held by putti at mid-points, seated figures holding 2 trumpets in upper corners & pairs of playing putti in lower corners; (UPR BRD) heart-shaped cartouche with male figure holding shield; (LW

Maypole. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) painter Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after, some figures ()) painter De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) weaver c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'1" x W 7'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Goldschmidt-Rothschild coll., Berlin. Sold at Parke Bernet (Sherwell sale, no. 2212), lot 442, 10/11/1963. French & Co. received from Henri Azria, received 2/1/1964; returned 2/28/1966. Couple embracing in front of 2 women dancing & in front of 2 additional figures; couple seated on ground to the R of the group; maypole behind the group; young man seated on ground plays coronet (BRD) scene framed by pair of palm trees with tall flowering stems at base, climbing monkeys at mid-points, & drapery, floral garland & tassels on cords looped from tree to tree across top; narrow leafy border on sides Some figures may b

Lovers and a small cupid with doves near statue of Cupid. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) painter c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'6" x W 8'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape with trees & lush, flowering plants, a couple in contemplation of the statue of Cupid; young man delicately holding a floral wreath as if to offer it, as young lady sits with another floral wreath in her hand; large statue of Cupid drawing the bow in direction of couple as cherub pulls a garland of flower in the air & another below plays with doves pulling a ribbon (BRD) picture-frame border with cabochon chain ornamented with flowers; band of palmettes & reversed palmettes on outer edge & acanthus leaves with flowers in corners The right border has been pieced & moved inward, toward the left. The main figures are probably after a composition by François Boucher. The name "Mrs. Imkins" was added

Tobias' return: healing of Tobit. unknown c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; unidentified weaver mark on right guard, bottom Within architectural setting, angel Raphael disappears into sky; at far L, Tobias puts gall of fish on his father's eyes; at L in niche, Tobias & Anna (Anne) () (Tobit 10-13) (BRD) bunches of oversize flowers & fruit against palm tree trunk motif interspersed with birds Weaver's mark may refer to a member of the Guebels family of Brussels weavers; not precisely that of anyone newly documented. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 33229-b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239179-0239184, 0239186

Psyche and the basketmaker. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (cartoon creator) painter Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (workshop) painter Besnier, Nicolas (French, b.1686-d.1754) (workshop) weaver Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, fl.1754-1780) (workshop) weaver c. 1741 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 7'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: Woven signature on rock at lower left: f.Boucher. In wooded vale, amid coarsly fenced enclosure, Psyche steps down path supported on arm of bearded man (=Pan), head of goat on L, Ceres & Proserpine seated on R next to rustic shelter; arms of France & Navarre at top center French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 57636 Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 106-119, cat. 11 a Hiesinger, PhilMusBull 72, no. 314 (Nov., 1976), 7-23 Cecil, BurlMag (April 1956), 118 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon)

Game park with strolling nobles. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'10" x W 8'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Charles 12/23/1914; sold to S. J. T. Straus 10/24/1923 SS 3011. French & Co. received from S. J. T. Straus 8/20/1946; returned 10/22/1947 SS 78239. Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241008-0241010, 0241046, 0236406-0236407, 0236390

Diana visiting sleeping Endymion. unknown c. 1690-1710 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Diana kneels next to sleeping Endymion under tree, his shepherd's crook resting against it while his flock of sheep graze nearby (center, foreground); 2 figures in landscape (L, middle ground); mountainous landscape (center, background) (BRD) rinceau & stylized foliage motifs terminating in blooming flowers; interspersed with quivers of arrows, spears, bowls of fruit & birds; (UPR BRD) 2 eagles flank wreath of flowers 1 or 2 pieces of the tapestry were cut out of the lower left section & later replaced; join lines are visible. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 7578

Esther before Ahasuerus. unknown c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 12'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Charles 11/15/1915. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; possible weaver mark on lower guard, right In landscape before architectural setting, Esther kneeling before enthroned Ahasuerus, who holds out his scepter to her (Esther 5:1-4) (BRD) bunches of oversize flowers & fruit against central palm tree trunk motif; (LWR BRD) centered by bird; birds in corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 3075-b French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 53548-b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237792-0237796, 0237799

Psyche looks at sleeping Cupid. unknown c. 1700-1735 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'4" x W 7'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Wellens, invoiced 3/31/1924. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right of center; woven monogram in lower guard, right: I.C Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240900-0240903

Alexander wounded in thigh at Battle of Issus. Jordaens, Jacob (Flemish, 1593-1678) (cartoon creator) painter c. 1640 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left of center Alexander on his horse with arm raised receives wound in thigh (L, middle ground); semi-nude warrior holds up shield & attacks with sword (center, foreground); Darius' men in boats (L, background) (UPR BRD) interlacing leaves & snakes motif, central cartouche flanked by 2 putti & clusters of flowers & fruit; (LWR BRD) rinceau motif, central cartouche flanked by clusters of flowers & fruit; (L & R BRD) satyr busts, eagles & socle decorated with snakes, masks, goat legs & frog No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Nelson, Jacob Jordaens Tapestry Design (1998), 64-66, possibly no. 2C Related Works: Iconographically similar tapestries, see Nelson, pp. 64-66

Dorothy disguised as a shepherd. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) painter Perrot, Pierre-Josse (French, act.1724-1735) (designed after, alentour) painter Cozette, Pierre-François (French, b.1714-d.1801) (workshop) weaver 1752-1753 Tapestry Dimensions: H 141" x W 124" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Magasin des Gobelins. Château de St. Cloud. Empress Eugénie coll., Farnsborough House, London; sold at Christie's (London), 7/7/1927, lot 76; purchased by Henry Symons, New York. French & Co. United States, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, accno. 64-48-1/6. Inscriptions: Woven inscription in cartouche in center field: LA DOROTHÉE DEGVISÉE EN / BERGER EST TROVUEE DANS LES / MONTAGNES PAR LE BARBIER ET LE / CVRÉ QVI CHERCHOIENT DONT / QVIXOTTE Dorothy, dressed as a shepherd, reclines next to stream & is surprised by 3 men; in background, don Quixote & Sancho converse; scene enclos

Two formally dressed children wearing plumed hats. unknown c. 1710-1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 5'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Herbert L. Gutterson, received 9/17/1948; sold to Mr. H. Kalaidjian 3/4/1963. Playing in landscape with buildings in distance (BRD) floral border with fruit, acanthus leaves, & inhabited by birds; formal arrangement of acanthus leaves in corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80011 also lists: 53742

Diana hunting with her nymphs. unknown c. 1650-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'8" x W 4'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from E. S. Bayer, invoiced 3/5/1931. In forest, Diana, blowing hunting horn, is accompanied by nymphs & hunting dogs (BRD) vines with flowers & fruit, square cartouches with abstracted motif in corners; medallions in square cartouches in center of each side Stock sheet attributes the culture as English. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 17090 also lists: 38329

The Altar of Liberty. Culture: British. Dimensions: H. 34 1/2 x W. 30 inches (87.6 x 76.2 cm). Date: ca. 1785. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Landscape with shepherd piping to shepherdess. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) painter c. 1780-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'10" x W 5'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from E. A. Clark, invoiced 6/30/1934; returned 5/24/1937 (partially legible). In landscape with trees & wild plants, a shepherd playing the pipe to shepherdess seated next to him, & both flanked by sheep & dog; river with arched bridge in background & village in distance (BRD) pole with spiral floral garland, & acanthus leaves in corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 18207-b Related Works: Panels in set: 0240622, 0240652; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0240624, 0240665 (variations)

Game park with falconers; château with garden. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4'9" x W 5.9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Charles 12/23/1914; sold to E. Elmer E. Smathers 6/8/1925. United States, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accno. 55.87.3. Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241008-0241010, 0241046, 0236406-0236407, 0236390

Continence of Scipio. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'5" x W 13' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Barney Estate Co. 11/15/1916; sold to Edson Bradley 7/9/1917. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; unidentified weaver mark on right guard, bottom Scipio, surrounded by his soldiers, restores captive woman to her bridegroom Allucius (R, foreground); bride () accompanied by 2 other women, kneels before Scipio (center, foreground); group of soldiers stand behind women (L, middle ground); tents (R of center, middle ground); castle in mountainous landscape (center, background) (L & R BRD) from top to bottom, standing figures under trellised canopy, medallion with figural scene flanked by bunches of flowers, seated female figures under architectural framework; (UPR & LWR BRD) central medallion with figural scene flanked by grotesques, flowers, putti & vases up ribbon French & C

Cephalus and Procris. Boulogne, Louis (the Younger) (French, 1654-1733) (designed after, attr.) painter Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (designed after, attr.) painter Besnier, Nicolas (French, b.1686-d.1754) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 9'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mitchell Samuels, Robert Samuels & Milton Samuels, invoiced 4/30/1942; sold to Alberto Reyna 11/14/1955. Inscriptions: Woven signature in upper guard: BESNIER.ET.OUDRY.A Procris gives seated Cephalus the magic spear & the dog Laelaps, in landscape with ruins (BRD) picture-frame border, shell & flower ornament in corners; (UPR & LWR BRD) wreath with crossed arrow quivers at midpoints; (L & R BRD) wreath with torch & arrow at midpoints The artist inscription is not original to this earlier tapestry. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 75969 also lists: 42245 Fenaille, Gobelins

Venus's (Aphrodite) complaint to Juno (Hera) and Ceres (Demeter). Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after, school) painter Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (author of design, attr.) painter c. 1620-1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'8" x W 12' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. "returned to client" (written on back of photo for missing SS 9680). French & Co. received from Mr. Sumner G. Lewis (Mr. Sumner" crossed out & replaced with "Helen") 12/6/1946; returned 6/1/1949 SS 78442. Juno with peacock (L) & Ceres wearing wheat crown (center) face Venus (R), next to tall column, with patterned mantle wrapped around her nude body; in landscape setting with ornate building in R background (UPR BRD) centered by caroutche with 4 putti in roundelay dance, flanked by festoons with fruit & bucrania draped with string of beads terminating in tasseled cartouches & putti in corners;

Garden park with rabbits and birds in foreground with view towards par-terre area. unknown c. 1700-1750 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'6" x W 10' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Jacob Stein 10/14/1942; returned, n.d.

Spring. Mattens, Andreas (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act.1535-1550) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'3" x W 7'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from E. S. Bayer, invoiced 4/11/1927; sold to Jns. N. John North Willys 3/17/1930. Shepherd, shepherdess & young man (center, foreground) spy on 2 lovers off in distance (L, far middle ground), boy in tree picking cherries (center, top), man with bird traps (L, middle ground), shepherd with flock of sheep (R, far middle ground), stag (L foreground), landscape & cityscape (background) (BRD) foliage, fruit & perched birds against central rod with stylized motif; (UPR & LWR BRD) weasel or squirrel crawling in center Stock sheet 33088 notes: replica in Gardner Museum, Boston. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 15018 also lists: 33088 Boston (Gardner), Textiles (1986), 56, 57, no. 10 Related Works: Compositionally & st

Peasant picnic. unknown c. 1565-1575 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape, peasants seated on ground eating & drinking; stag-hunt & cityscape in background (BRD) foliage with strapwork, grotesques & animals, interspersed with standing figures within architectural frameworks; (UPR & LWR BRD) central medallions with figural scenes No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241823-0241825, 0241828, 0184594-0184595

Triumph of Roman general. unknown c. 1640-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'7" x W 17'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. received from Emily Lundenberg, invoiced 12/22/1932; returned 12/5/1938 SS 17724. French & Co. received from Preston Davie, invoiced 11/14/1939; returned 12/20/1949 SS 19565. Procession with man wearing laurel wreath sitting in triumphal horse-drawn chariot, surrounded by soldiers, several hold staffs & banners (L & R BRD) spiral (Solomonic) columns; (UPR & LWR BRD) garlands of flowers tied with ribbons, empty cartouches in center French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 17724 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19565 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0240562, 0184618

April. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1494-1533) (author of design, attr.) painter Kempener, Willem I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1535) (workshop) weaver c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'3" x W 11'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll. (purchased about 1625). Charles M. Ffoulke coll., 1889. Mrs. E. H.Edward Henry Harriman coll. French & Co. United States, Missouri, Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom blurred in photograph Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, center medallion: APPRIUbackwardsS Group of 3 women & man, standing woman plays lute, another seated woman plays dulcimer, woman holds floral wreath, man sits behind group (L, foreground), kneeling woman with flowers (R of center, foreground), boy with shepherd's crook, woman with basket, nearby dog & flock of sheep (R

Ulysses scarred by boar. Straet, Jan van der (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1523-1605) (author of design, attr.) painter c. 1620-1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'7" x W 10'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from H. C. Bloomingdale, invoiced 10/14/1926. Related Works: Stylistically similar tapestries, Stockholm, Husgerådskammaren

Old Testament subject with enthroned king & queen. unknown c. 1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'3" x W 10'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Untermeyer 10/9/1929 (); sold to Salvador Mirauda 9/21/1944. Two soldiers bring man before king & queen, enthroned beneath canopy in landscape (L & R BRD) segmented border with classical figure blowing horns, with vases of flowers above & below Modern outer guard. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 24086

Cowardice of Sancho during the hunt. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) painter Valade, Jean (French, 1709-1787) (cartoon creator, alentour) painter Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) (author of design, alentour) painter Belin, Jean-Baptiste II (French, 1688-1730) (author of design, alentour) painter Desportes, Alexandre-François (French, 1661-1743) (author of design, alentour) painter Audran, Michel (French, b.1701-d.1771) (workshop) weaver 1759-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'10" x W 9'1/4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Sold to Madame Véron (1763). Louis Gregoire Véron coll., Paris. 4th Marquis of Hertford coll., Paris (ca.1865). Richard Wallace coll., London; sold at Christie's (London), 4/20/1876, lot 210. Baron Gunzburg coll.; sold at Galerie Georges Petit (Paris), 1/30/1884, lot 4. Clarence Hungerford Mackay coll., Roslyn, NY (ca.1925). Mrs. Robert Z. Hawkins coll. (aft.1958). Fre

Don Quixote, through Sancho, asks permission of the Duchess to see her. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) painter Perrot, Pierre-Josse (French, act.1724-1735) (designed after, alentour) painter Audran, Michel (French, b.1701-d.1771) (workshop) weaver 1754-1756 Tapestry Dimensions: H 144" x W 108" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Garde-meuble (1758-). Château de Marly (ca.1789). Empress Eugénie coll., Farnsborough House, London; sold at Christie's (London), 7/7/1927, lot 76; purchased by Henry Symons, New York. French & Co. United States, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, accno. 64-48-1/6. Inscriptions: Woven inscription in cartouche in center field: DOM QUICHOTTE FAIT / DEMANDER PAR SANCHO A LA DUCHESSE / LA PERMISSION DE LA VOIR In landscape, Sancho beseeches the duchess with his hat in his hand; the duchesss & a companion ride horses; don Quixote arrives on horseback in L b

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (school, designed after) painter Herzeele, Joost van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act.1570-1585) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 390 x W 486 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A.271-8125. Inscriptions: Weaver mark location unknown; not visible in photograph In landscape in central foreground, Moses tells Aaron of his experiences; in L background, Aaron meets Moses & kisses him (Exodus 3-4) in R background, before enthroned Pharaoh, Aaron performs miracle of rod changing into snake (Exodus 5-7:13) (BRD) carved relief with spiraling acanthus leaves, interspersed with grotesques Unknown flemish cartoonist; the designs partially based on the frescos in the Vatican Loggia (school

Bacchus (Dionysus) and Ariadne. Belle, Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne (French, 1722-1806) (author of design) painter 1779-1795 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 8'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co.. Bacchus, accompanied by a cherub, offers crown to reclining Ariadne, in landscape setting (BRD) picture-frame border with wave motif & egg-&-dart band, rosette in corners French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 16556 Fenaille, Gobelins 4 (1903-1923), 189-223 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 184-87

Spring and three winged female personifications of March, April and May. Schoor, Lodewijk van (Flemish, 1666-1726) (author of design, attr., figures) painter Spierincx, Pieter (Flemish, act.1614-1647) (author of design, attr., landscape) painter Hecke, Jan Frans van den (Flemish, 1660-1695) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1690-1710 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'8" x W 9' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 8/cm); wool & silk (dyed, weft) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Believed to have come from the "De Sagan Palace," Paris. French & Co. received from Mrs. Henry E. Huntington, 11/16/1916; returned resold, 6/15/1923. Given to Museum by Archer M. Huntington in 1927. United States, California, San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accno. 1927.183. Seated on steps of garden pavilion, April (=Europa) drapes garland of flowers over bull (=Taurus) & May has her arm around twins (=Castor & Pollux=Gemini), as Flora (=Spring) descends stairs (

Hawking. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1535) (author of design, attr.) painter c. 1625-1650 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape, 2 huntsmen with lady hunting with hawk; hawk pursuing birds in background (BRD) spiraling motif interspersed with shells, grotesque masks in each corner; (L & R BRD) grotesques in central cartouches; (UPR & LWR BRD) scrolling foliage with cherubim in center Inspired by the so-called "Months of Lucas", woven in Flanders around 1530-1570. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number DIA, Woven Splendor (1996), 50 Related Works: Panels in set, GCPA-0241571-0241574

Landscape with pond and passage to building in middle distance. unknown c. 1675-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 8'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co.

Ceres visiting harvest near her altar. unknown c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11" x W 12' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. People harvesting grain (L & middle ground); male figure with dragon-drawn chariot & holding sheaves of grain (R) looks up towards Ceres in clouds above him; statue of Ceres holding sheaf of grain (R) (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaf ornament; (UPR BRD) ornament with torch & arrow quiver; (L & R BRD) brackets supporting pots with flowers in center; (LWR BRD) ornament with shell & basket of fruit in center No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (same cartoon): GCPA 0238578

Ladies and Gentlemen gathered in an classical landscape. (French) c. 1750 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 15'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co.received from Mrs. James B. Haggin, invoiced 1/18/1934; returned 12/9/1948. In landscape with classical structures, trees, flowering plants & a stream, group of young people gathered, some seated on a grassy mound, one man kneeling before a lady & leaning on her lap & others standing; shepherdess with flock of sheep signaling to the group (R) (BRD) pole with alternating acanthus leaf & garland spiral; acanthus leaves framing cabochon in corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 18081-b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243207-0243208

Summer . Hecke, Jan Frans van den (Flemish, 1660-1695) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1690-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 12'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Hampton Court, Hertfordshire. French & Co. 4 female musicians in boat, poled by man (L), 2 women look down from balcony, 1 holds basket of fruit, other appears to throw fruit at group in boat (R), ducks in water (R, foreground), trees & fountain (background) (BRD) garland of flowers & fruit; (UPR & LWR BRD) birds on perches; (L & R BRD) vases No city or weaver's marks are visible in the photograph. The attribution given on the photo a typed label on photograph verso was published in the catalog of the Hartford/Baltimore exhibition, "2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving" (1951-1952), cat. no. 93. The title is uncertain; since it is said that there is a companion piece representing "Autumn" in the Munich State Collection Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, this title

Summer. Vergne, Michel (French, act. ca.1700-1715) (workshop) weaver c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'8" x W 11' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Phillip Lennen, received 8/30/1950; sold to Jean Mikaeloff 1/16/1962. Landscape with Ceres (Demeter) in lion-drawn chariot (BRD) floral border interspersed with acanthus leaves, palmettes & tied ribbons The side borders match neither the top & bottom borders, nor each other. They are either replacements, or perhaps the whole border is a pastiche composed of segments from several other tapestries. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 81404 Chevalier, Aubusson (1988), 76 (ill. 2) Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (with differences): "Les Quatre Saisons: L'Eté" Collection du Conseil National de Monaco (Chevalier, p. 76 ill. 2)

Diana kills Chione. Dubreuil, Toussaint (French, 1561-1602) (author of design) painter c. 1630-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 8'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Sol Mindlin, received 1/4/1961; sold to Service des Monuments Historiques 6/7/1963. Chione, shot by Diana for comparing her own beauty with that of the goddess, on ground after Diana has shot her attended by 2 youths as older man (=Daedalion) holds up arrow & looks towards Diana standing on rock outcrop above river (UPR BRD) cartouche with wreath flanked by putti & festoons; (LWR BRD) dog's head resting on oval cartouche with abduction scene, flanked by festoons; (L & R BRD) animal head & torch flanked by fruit & flowers overlying crossed spears with standing hunter at top & crouching hunter at bottom There are 5 panels in this set. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, D-312-x Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923), 231-240 Related Work

Jacob at well of Haran. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ca.1492-1542) (author of design) painter Kempener, Willem I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act.1534-1548) (workshop) weaver c. 1530-1535 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Believed to have been delivered to merchant in Antwerp (1534). Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggi coll. (before 1539). Malvezzi-Campeggi coll. (until 1898/1900). Count Tiele-Weichler, Germany (then Switzerland). French & Co. Purchased by government of Belgium (1950). Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard location unknown; not visible in photograph; weaver mark location unknown; not visible in photograph Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: QVAFOQZ GREX POTAT.. In landscape, Jacob, sees Rachel coming to well to water Laban's sheep, moves stone which covers opening of well & waters Rachel's sh

The Flight into Egypt (one of a set of four) early 17th century Flemish. The Flight into Egypt (one of a set of four) 227449

Swing. unknown c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'8" x W 8'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mr. Hofer 4/21/1920; returned 4/28/1920 SS 10778. French & Co. received from Alice B. Kleykamp 5/27/1940; returned 2/24/1945 SS 19778. In landscape with trees & plants, 2 young men each holding rope flank a lady on a swing; another woman sits on ground with basket, surrounded by 2 children, 1 of them playing with a dog & a sheep (R) (BRD) picture-frame border with spiraling ribbons & flowers around rod; acanthus leaves framing decorative element in corners There are variants to this scene, with the composition lacking the woman with the children & the animals to the right. Other times, the woman with children can also be replaced by a man playing the flute to a woman & flanked by 2 animals, as illustrated in Göbel Vol. 2 Part 2, Illus. 283-84. The mention "Warwick House" can be read on stock sheet

Grotesque with departure scene. unknown c. 1560-1570 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'8" x W 7'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Sir Edgar Speyer 10/20/1919; sold to D.Schulte 12/1/1924. Field of grotesque ornament with window containing departure scene in landscape; window flanked by mermaid & merman caryatids supporting entablature with balustrade inhabited by putti; women with children in foreground (BRD) narrow guilloche band containing slender vine French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 21400

Game park with stag hunt. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'4" x W 3'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: French & Co. Madison Art Center, 6/13/1966. United States, Wisconsin, Madison, Madison Art Center.

Scene with don Quixote and grotesques. Poyntz, Francis (British, act.1668, d.1685) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1670-1680 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'10" x W 10'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. received from Henry Symons, invoiced 4/20/1929; returned, 6/30/1934. Don Quixote () mounted on horseback, holding long spear; surrounded by other figures mounted on horseback, woman in chariot & windmills (BRD) narrow band with vine scroll French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 16570-c also lists: 35421 Washington, Treasure Houses of Britain (1985), 200, 201, no.132 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0184827-0184832; other sets in series, Cawdor Castle & Packington Hall, Warwickshire (both 5-panel sets)

month. Vos, Marcus de (Flemish, act.1655-1700) (workshop) weaver c. 1660 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 16'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mrs. Everett, received 12/17/1937; returned 12/15/1938. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, center: M DE VOS Within landscape, group of seated musicians, nearby stands jester (L, middle ground), women shearing sheep, flock of sheep graze nearby, 2 women stand & talk, women making wreaths or chaplets out of gathered flowers (center, middle ground), 2 women walking (R, middle ground), figures near fountain in front of castle (L, background), shepherd with flock of sheep, sheep-shearing scene near barn (center, background), landscape (background) (BRD) bouquets of flowers hang from arabesque-like motif; (UPR BRD) peacocks in corners, 2 birds in center; (LWR BRD) dog in left corner, deer () in right, 2

Diana's (Artemis) return from the hunt. Lafosse, Charles de (French, 1636-1716) (designed after) painter c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'9" x W 10'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co.. Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum. United States, Ohio, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art. Diana reclines on river bank, attended by nymphs; on L, a nymph lies sleeping =Callisto (BRD) picture-frame border with interlaced rosetted strapwork, shell cartouche in corners Tapestry shown in reverse in Fenaille. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Fenaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 121-32 Standen, MetMusJ (1988), 158-62, 164 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 170-72 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238329-0238332, 0238335-0238339

Mercury hands baby Bacchus over to nymphs of Nysa. unknown c. 1680-1710 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'3" x W 7'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Oudenaarde Ownership History: French & Co. In forest, Mercury gives infant Bacchus to 2 seated nymphs, another stands nearby, resting on large stone pedestal covered with fabric & bowls of fruit (BRD) garlands of foliage with cartouches in corners; (L & R BRD) in center, gathering of lanterns, quiver of arrows & masks; (UPR & LWR BRD) wreaths of foliage French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 1436

Lady with parasol overlooking harbor from terrace. Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (designed after ) painter c. 1715-1735 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 16'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. John Pratt, received 12/20/1920; sold to J. N. John North Willys 10/22/1921. On top of stairs of terrace with balustrade framed by heavy curtains, richly woven textile (R) & topped with lambrequined valance, a woman holding a parasol overlooks a harbor with boats near building with tower (R) & amongst trees & flowering wild plants (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaves enclosed within narrow bands; scallops in corners The stock sheet relating to this panel is 22791-b, not 22719-c. An illustration in Chevalier shows a larger, similar scene. The design is attributed to Jean-Joseph Dumons, who created 3 scenes for the Grands Rideaux series. In this illustration, the panel combines 2 of

Chair seat cover. Culture: Dutch. Dimensions: L. 17 1/2 x W. 19 1/2 inches (44.5 x 49.5 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Landscape with bird. unknown c. 1650-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'5" x W 4'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Walter Sewisolm, received 2/28/1920; sold to Arthur Lehman 5/21/1920; returned by Mrs. A Lehman 10/09/1929 (); sold to J. N. Nalher (or G. N. Walker ) 2/26/1943. Bird in the foreground amongst plants & trees; smaller bird perched on branch; buildings on hills in background (BRD) foliated border with flowers & ribbons; fleur-de-lys in corners The border & the central field were cut down & all sides were pieced. Yet, the border & the central field may belong together. The border is Aubusson style & the field could be French or Flemish. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 22157-d

Children playing among trellises. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (designed after) draughtsman Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) weaver c. 1560 Tapestry Dimensions: H 3.90 x W 4.80 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 359-12281. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom Boys picking grapes in trees (top of panel), playing with goat, carrying platter & baskets of grapes (foreground), landscape with river, bridge & buildings (background) (BRD) grapevines interspersed with masks See the drawing at the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, which is a copy after Giulio Romano, retouched by Rubens. The tapestry matches that composition in all details (photo in Photo Study Collection: Paintings collection, G.

Bird catching. Leprince, Jean Baptiste (French, 1734-1781) (author of design) painter Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, fl.1754-1780) (workshop) weaver De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) weaver c. 1769-1793 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 8'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. Young man in tree holding bird in R hand & resting L hand on bird cage on tree branch looks down towards young woman; 2 women seated on ground to R of tree, 1 resting her arm on bird cage, face towards young man seated opposite them & showing them bird in his hand; bird nets & baskets in L foreground Borders missing. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 550-556 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241768-0241769, 0241772, 0184483; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241765 (Petit Palais), 0241767, 0241771; see also Standen, p. 554-555

Moses sends out twelve spies to explore land of Canaan (promised land). Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (author of design) painter c. 1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 420 x W 563 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, accno. I/5. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: FILI AVTEM ISRAEL.. In landscape, Moses, surrounded by group of figures, is approached by spies returning with some of fruits of Canaan in large vessels (Numbers 13-14); tents in landscape in background (L & R BRD) segmented border with figures in architectural niches, coats of arms at top; (UPR BRD) headed by cartouche with inscription, flanked by garlands of flowers & fruit, & 2 miniature masks; (LWR BRD) seated figures flank central male winged figure, interspersed with swags & vases terminating in cornucopias Mahl JbKhistWien 63 (1967), 7-38, fig.5 Brown (et al.), Tapestries of Ercole & Gonzaga (1996), 194-205, no.

scene. unknown c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 10'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. received from John Levy Galleries n.d.; returned 1/26/1925. French & Co. received from Gilbert Kahn 1/13/1965 also lists: 1/8/1965; returned 1/21/1965; reconsigned 2/2/1965; sold to Simon Michaeloff 2/25/1966. In landscape, high priest making offering at altar surrounded by several female figures wearing laurel wreaths; reclining shepherdess nearby; L middle ground, 3 figures dancing (BRD) picture-frame border with abstracted acanthus-leaf motif with foliage moldings in each corner French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 13272 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, H-315-x Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (right half of tapestry), GCPA: 0239231, 0239232

Apollo and Daphne. La Planche, Raphael de (French, act. ca.1627-1690) (workshop) weaver La Planche, Sébastien François de (French, act. ca.1661-1670) (workshop) weaver c. 1630-1668 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 11'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Wister 1/6/1911; transfered to SS 20924. Daphne fleeing Apollo in clearing as Cupid follows in air, 2 nymphs watch from behind tree at far R, & 2 water naiads with water pouring from jar watch from behind hillock on lower L; woods in distant R; male & female figure in central distance. There are 6 compositions in this series. Borders missing. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 9067-b also lists: 20924 Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923), 347-349 Cavallo, Boston tapestries v.2 (1967), 129-134 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0244157-0244158; see also Cavallo

Wool-spinning. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) painter Teniers, David III (Flemish, 1638-1685) (designed after) painter c. 1725-1775 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'1" x W 7'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Oudenaarde Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape, woman spinning wool is approached by male gardener holding shovel; woman washes dishes nearby; 2 young men in veranda; hilly landscape in background (BRD) picture-frame border with scrolling foliage French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 18376

Chicken-feeding. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) painter c. 1675-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'6" x W 7' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Martin van Straaten & Co. 11/8/1916; sold to John I. Romer 12/29/1927 () SS 6104. In landscape, woman & child feed chickens with grain that they hold in their aprons; architectural structure & Roman bridge/aqueduct in background (BRD) twisting garlands of flowers & fruit interspersed with birds; (LWR BRD) vases of flowers & fruit on plinth in corners Stock sheet no. 6104 notes that tapestry was reduced in size by I. Chateauvert, 1/6/1927 (see dimension & notes). Stock sheet no. 25960 states that the 3 tapestries listed referred to only as: a, b, c with corresponding dimensions have been transferred from stock sheet 6104. However, the dimensions in 25960 are quite small & thus probably do not represent a full tapestry panel, but possib

Thanksgiving sacrifice. unknown c. 1550-1575 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'6" x W 8'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (New York) (Reginald H. Sayre sale), invoiced 3/31/1923. Before altar, woman gives large ring to boy who holds box, man about to sacrifice ox with axe (BRD) martial trophies, vessels, banners & shields; (L & R BRD) central cartouches with angels' faces; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with figural scene flanked by seated male figures; (LWR BRD) plumed helmet in center flanked by seated winged figures with trumpets French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 38748-b also lists: 78821 Delmarcel, Bruges et la tapisserie (1987), 228-233, nos. 13-17 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240548, 0240550, 0240552-0240554, 0184611-0184616, 0244396-0244398

Lazio Roma Rome Palazzo Venezia, Museo7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Tapestry collection in the "Sala Regia" Object Notes: Occupying the rooms of the Balbo apartment, where Paul II lived and gathered together his collections. German and French tapestries of the 16th century, all manufactured at Brussels, and five Italian tapestries by Riviera after cartoon drawings by Giov. Franc. Romanelli in 1637-42. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Dido's sacrifice to Juno (Hera). Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Italian, 1610-1662) (designed after) painter c. 1640-1660 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'3" x W 16'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Princess Anne Marie del Drago 10/22/1952. Inscriptions: Woven signature in central field, left: H. ROMANELLUS Dido stands by altar with high priest & attendants; slaughtered heifer lies before altar (BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit interspersed with vases & military trophies; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with seascape; (LWR BRD) central altar with burning flames Romanelli's cartoons have been dated c.1655-1662. 8 out of 6 of the original cartoons survive at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 52595-x Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 295-298 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237811-0237812, 0184638-0184639; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0236372, 01846

Venus (Aphrodite). Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) (designed after) painter Boulogne, Louis (the Younger) (French, 1654-1733) (designed after, figures) painter Corneille, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1649-1695) (designed after, figures) painter Desportes, Alexandre-François (French, 1661-1743) (designed after, animals) painter c. 1771-1794 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 7'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co.. William A. Clark coll.; given to the Corcoran Gallery (ca. 1925). United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.), Corcoran Gallery of Art. Venus holds arrow & sits on cloud with Cupid & swan; figures set within garlanded portico decorated with gardening trophies; at bottom, dolphin fountain flanked by 2 cherubim; at top, medallion with Taurus; damask background Borders missing, possibly removed while tapestry was at Gobelins during the French Revolution. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive,

Landscape with bird and natural arch over stream. unknown c. 1600-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8' x W 5'11' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Klein & Jackson 12/4/1921; sold to E. G. Sylvester 12/23/1921.

Blindman's bluff. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) painter c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7' x W 7'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Dr. Thomas Morrison, received 11/12/1964; sold to Simon Mikaeloff 2/25/1966. In landscape with trees & flowering plants, youths & maidens playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded & flanked by 2 ladies teasing him; others seated, watching the scene; river & buildings in distance (BRD) picture-frame border with cabochon band interspersed with flowers; C-scroll shaped acanthus leaves framing flowers in corners Stock sheet states that the tapestry is "modern". A similar tapestry with the same border, albeit composition reversed, is illustrated in Göbel. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, H-476-x Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), Ill. 278 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243088, 0243090: 02430

Gardener. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) painter Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, fl.1754-1780) (workshop) weaver 1762 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'2.5" x W 6'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk weft Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Commissioned by M. Boulard de Gatellier for his Château de Gatellier (Loire) in 1762. Acquired by Joel Duveen, 1898. Borders woven at this time under the direction of Georges Pluyette. Acquired by R. W. Hudson, Great Marlow, England, 1900. Acquired by George Blumenthal, about 1928. Repaired by French & Co., 1954. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Blumenthal's widow, Mary Ann Robertson, 1964. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. 64.145.4. In garden park, young woman seated on low stone wall with child next to her, on R a boy sitting on the ground holding a watering can & with a rake at his side, male statue on pedestal to

Triumph of general. unknown c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'1" x W 14'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from C.L. Blair, invoiced 10/24/1938. Procession with general () sitting in triumphal horse-drawn chariot lead by soldiers, surrounded by several women, men & children (BRD) garland of flowers; (L & R BRD) plumed helmets in upper corners, small masks in bottom corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 41170

Allegory of River Tiber and Rome. Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis (Barbalonga) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ca.1500-1559) (designed after) weaver Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop, attr.) c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 212 x W 232 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A.360-12149. Half-nude reclining male personification of Tiber River holds jug of water that empties into river, behind him Romulus & Remus are suckled by she-wolf (center, foreground); valley with Tiber river (R, background) (UPR & LWR BRD) abstract Greek floral motif terminating in part of bracket (at right) Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 140-143, series 20, no. 1 Mahl JbKhistWien 61 (

Triumphal entry into Babylon and Battle of Granicus. Grellet, Antoine (French, fl. 1740) (workshop) weaver c. 1725-1775 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'11" x W 21'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. United States, Ohio, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, center-left: DAUBUSSON Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson Inscriptions: Woven signature on lower guard, center-right: A GRELLET Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (with differences, right half): GCPA 0243271; compositionally similar tapestries (smaller composition): GCPA 0243268, 0243272-0243275, 0243277-0243278, 0243280, 0244461, 0241872, 0184392, 0237543, 0237557, 0244492 (composition reversed), "L'Entrée d'Alexandre dans Babylone" Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire (Saunier, p. 224); compositionally similar scene for the far right end of the panel: "Le Passage du Granique" private coll. (Chevalier, p. 72); similar bord

Constantine and soldiers see the monogram of Christ in sky. unknown c. 1690 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'11" x W 8'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from T. C. Coombe, invoiced 11/15/1927; returned 12/14/1938. In landscape with trees & flowering plants, Constantine accompanied by 2 soldiers look up to sky; monogram of Christ appears before them; classical building with arches in background (BRD) floral border French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 15636

Children listening to reading of La Fontaine's Fables (crane and dog). Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after, attr.) painter c. 1770-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'5" x W 4'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased with half interest of Parish Watson & Co., n.d. probably 1920; at least 2 panels, A & B, were sold to Silberberg, n.d. SS 7684-128. French & Co. purchased from Spanish Art, n.d. probably 3/1922; at least 3 panels, C, D & E were sold to Mme Jacques Balsan, 12/30/1957 SS 24440. In suspended medallion (ALENTOUR) trellis ground with rosettes in lozenge openings, with goat head at top, decorated with festoons French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7684-128-a French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 24440 Related Works: Panels in set: 0238860-0238861, 0238865, 0238867-0238868

Lion-hunt. unknown c. 1580-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'3" x W 14' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from the estate of Mrs. Rumsey (Mrs. Robert C. Gerry), invoiced 5/16/1935; sold to Sir José M. Rodriguez 11/30/1949. Hunters on foot & on horseback hunting lions in forest (middle ground), lizards, birds & river (foreground), ruins of aqueduct (background) (BRD) elaborate architectural frame ornated with fountain, female figures, vases with fruits & flowers, framed by 2 narrow bands of twisted leaf garland French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 18421 Related Works: Other similar tapestry, GCPA 0237440

David as musician. unknown c. 1625-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'10" x W 7'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape, King David playing harp (at Saul's court) (1 Samuel 16:14-23) Both central field & borders have been cut & restored in many places (Cavallo). Left border missing () (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 9878

Battle of Actium and flight of Antony. Egmont, Justus van (Dutch, 1601-1674) (author of design) painter Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, act.1647-1677) (workshop) weaver Strecken, Geraert van der (Flemish, act.1647-d.1677) (workshop) weaver c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'9" x W 8' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 20-22/in.; 8-9/cm); wool & silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll., Rome (). King Ludwig of Bavaria (d. 1886) (). Sypher & Co., New York sold to Mr. William Coles; bequeathed to museum by Mrs. William Coles (Elizabeth U. Coles) in 1892. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. 92.1.10. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left of center Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banner: SPQB for SPQR Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche, in center partially legible in photograph: ANTONIVS APERTO / NAVALI PRAELIO / A R

Landscape with tree trunk in clearing. unknown c. 1675-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'9" x W 8' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Demotte, received 3/3/1925; sold to Mrs. L. C. Phipps 1/2015/1933 SS 25773. French & Co. purchased from Olaf Jonson n.d.; sold to Mrs. Milton Rettenberg 5/4/1945 (may have purchased "a" or "b" or both; not clear on stock sheet) SS 75103. Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0236600-0236601, 0236583, 0236633

Game park with ox (or bull or buffalo) hunt and woodsmen. unknown c. 1575-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'9" x W 14'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co.

The Arrival at the Hunting Lodge, or April from a set of the Hunts of Maximilian. Culture: French, Paris. Designer: Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492-1541/42 Brussels) , probably. Dimensions: H. 171 x W. 207 inches (434.3 x 525.8 cm). Maker: Workshop of Jean de La Croix (active 1662-1712). Manufactory: Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662). Date: designed ca. 1531, woven 1692-93. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Dido's sacrifice to Juno (Hera). Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Italian, 1610-1662) (cartoon creator) painter Wauters, Michel (Netherlandish (after 1600), act.1651-d.1679) (workshop) weaver c. 1655-1679 Tapestry Dimensions: H 411 x W 464.5 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: French & Co. Francis F. Prentiss coll. Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss (1915). United States, Ohio, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, accno. 1915.79.3. Inscriptions: Woven signature in central field, left: H. ROMANELLUS Dido stands by altar with high priest & attendants; slaughtered heifer lies before altar (L & R BRD) spiral (Solomonic) columns with twisting garlands of flowers; (UPR BRD) garlands of flowers with putti flank central, empty cartouche; (LWR BRD) sets of sea-monsters with shell flank military trophies in center Romanelli's cartoons have been dated c.1655-1662. 8 out of 6 of the original cartoons survive at the Norton Simon Museu

September: wine-making. Bramantino (Italian, ca.1465-1530) (author of design, attr.) painter Benedetto da Milano (Italian, act. ca.1503) (workshop) weaver c. 1501-1507 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4.85-5.20 x W 4.55-485 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Italian Weaving Center: , LombardyVigevano Ownership History: Commissioned by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1436-1518). Italy, Lombardy, Milano, Milan, Castello sforzesco, Civiche raccolte d'arte antica. Inscriptions: Inscription in lower central field, on pedestal: SEPTEMBER VVAS VT EQVIT VINA ET PARAT DAT AVCVPI / GRATAS VOLVPTAES BONA / ET MENSIVMRECOLLGIT Inscriptions: Inscription in medallion: NET ES MAI / IO. IA. TRIVS. MAR. VIGL. FRANCIE MARES Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Count of Vigevano, Marshall of France In large hall, 4 men walking in circle pushing spokes of wine press as others engage in related activities in background; in center stands male figure wearing wreath & garland loin-cloth with bunches of grapes, standing on pe

Pomona amidst fruits of Autumn. unknown c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'9" x W 21' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Sold at Hôtel Drouot (Paris), 4/7/1877, lot 32 (Duc de Berwick et d'Albe sale). Baron D'Erlanger coll. William Randolph Hearst coll., as of 1941. French & Co. Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left Inscriptions: Latin inscription in lower border Standing figure of Pomona, holding piece of fruit in right hand, scene divided by trees into 3 months, sowing scene with symbol of scales =Libra, September in sky (L); grape gathering & squashing scenes, with symbol of scorpion =Scorpio, October in sky (center); figures tending to fatten pigs, with symbol of archer with bow =centaur=Sagittarius, November in sky (BRD) garland with flowers & fruit; (UPR BRD) coat of arms of marquis-knight of Order of St. Michael, right of center; (L & R BRD)

Vertumnus and Pomona. unknown c. 1655 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'5" x W 18'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. received from C. M. F. Charles M. Ffoulke, n.d.; returned 4/22/1922. Vertumnus, disguised as peasant with basket of fruit, trying to seduce Pomona, seated beneath tree (foreground); river & antique manor with arcaded galleries & garden attended by servants (middle ground); figures engaged in various activities along river (L background) (BRD) garland with flowers, vegetables & foliage French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 1047 also lists: 32269

Lazio Viterbo Viterbo Palazzo Comunale01. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of Renaissance palazzo portico, portal fresco, courtyard with fountain and view of SS. Trinita. Interior views of Sala Regia o Erculea, decorated with frescoes by Croce and Sala del Consiglia. Antiquities: Sarcophagi in courtyard. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Psyche abandoned by Cupid. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design, center scene & alentour) painter Belle, Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne (French, 1722-1806) (author of design, coat of arms in alentour) painter Audran, Michel (French, b.1701-d.1771) (workshop) weaver 1770-1771 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'1" x W 6'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Magasin des Gobelins. Given to King Gustav III by Louis XVI (1784). Royal coll., Stockholm (ca.1900). Hôtel du Ministre de Suède, Paris (ca.1902). French & Co. Sweden, Stockholm, Stockholm, Kungliga Husgerådskammaren, accno. H.G.K. 181. Inscriptions: On pedestal, lower center: LA PSICHE / DE MOLIERE / ACTE IV / SCENE III. Inscriptions: Woven signature: AUDRAN.1771 (not visible in photograph) On R, Psyche holds out her arms & implores Cupid, on cloud in sky, not to abandon her; fantastic landscape setting with spiral columns & vase of flowers; scene enclosed by flu

Third three Ages of Man (36-54). unknown c. 1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'8" x W 24'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 16-20/in.; 6-8/cm); wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: A. Sanchez coll., Madrid; sold to Herris 7/11/1930. French & Co. purchased from Spanish Art Galleries, invoiced 2/16/1933; sold to William Randolph Hearst 3/31/1934. William Randolph Hearst coll., San Simeon, CA; gift to Museum in 1953. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. 53.221.3. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left: Herbipotes Chiro squaletes Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, center: Curat Josephus famis.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, right: Herculeo finem victo.. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border banderole, left: Ut Leo desiccat.. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border banderole, center: Coligit Augustus flavas.. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper bor

Landscape with Diana (Artemis) and her hounds hunting ducks. unknown c. 1675-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'10" x W 8'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co.

Story of Orpheus and Eurydice early 17th century Flemish. Story of Orpheus and Eurydice 227451

The Deluge. Engraved illustration from 'The Temple of the Muses', 1733. This book represented remarkable events of antiquity drawn and engraved by Bernard Picart (1673-1733). Greek mythology, Flood myth.

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