Phantom Armida fleeing the battle field. Vouet, Simon (French, 1590-1649) (designed after) [painter] La Planche, Raphael de (French, act. ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1635-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'11" x W 6'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Barberini family (Rome). Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (Washington, ). Hamilton Mark Twombley coll. Sold at Sotheby's (New York), 1/6/1955 (Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly sale), lots 493-502. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc. (Central Casino: Robert Larsen), ; inve
Phantom Armida fleeing the battle field. Vouet, Simon (French, 1590-1649) (designed after) [painter] La Planche, Raphael de (French, act. ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1635-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'11" x W 6'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Barberini family (Rome). Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (Washington, ). Hamilton Mark Twombley coll. Sold at Sotheby's (New York), 1/6/1955 (Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly sale), lots 493-502. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc. (Central Casino: Robert Larsen), ; inventoried 3/31/1956; sold to Mrs. E. L. Bray 12/16/1956. United States, California, San Diego, Timken Art Gallery. Inscriptions: Weaver mark on lower guard, right: R Armida on galloping horse followed by putto (UPR & LWR BRD) rinceau ornament; (UPR BRD) centered by classical figure in strapwork cartouche supported by putti holding palm fronds & branches of oak & laurel (allusion to Honor); (LWR BRD) centered by reclining soldier in cartouche flanked by pair of rams heads & pair of putti holding ribbon terminals of festoon, headed by helmet & 4 banners: (L & R BRD) framed by the outer bands of border decoration only Entrefenêtre. Ten panels in set. The initial "R" in the guard of most of the pieces in the set indicates that they may have been woven at the atelier of Raphael de la Planche at the Atelier du faubourg Saint-Marcel or the Atelier du Louvre. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 56038-i French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 38038 Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923), 319-328 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242258-0242267, 0242270-0242285, 0184758, 0188328, 0241804
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