Country meal. Leclerc, Jean (French, 1587-1633) (designed after) [printmaker] c. 1625-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2" x W 11'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: Sold at American Art Association (Emile Jellinek-Mercedes sale), 2/20/1926, lot 12. French & Co. received from G. J. Jacobson, invoiced 2/11/1936; returned 2/18/1939. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left at bottom: SANS SOUVCY VIVONS ET SANS SOMME /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left at top: ALISON CEST PLAISANT BVT
Country meal. Leclerc, Jean (French, 1587-1633) (designed after) [printmaker] c. 1625-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2" x W 11'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: Sold at American Art Association (Emile Jellinek-Mercedes sale), 2/20/1926, lot 12. French & Co. received from G. J. Jacobson, invoiced 2/11/1936; returned 2/18/1939. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left at bottom: SANS SOUVCY VIVONS ET SANS SOMME /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left at top: ALISON CEST PLAISANT BVTIN /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left of center: MAIS DOV VOVS VIENT CEST AVERTIN /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, right of center: VENES BOIRE MON GENTIL HOMME /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, right at top: PASTOVREAVX VIVANS SOVS LES AISLES /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, right at bottom: IL TE TARDE BIEN RIGODET /.. In landscape, group of figures seated on grass eating fruit & drinking from canteens; 2 men on horseback nearby (L); bagpiper with dogs before buildings, including church, in background (L & R BRD) niche with spindle, knife & scissors, flanked by vases of flowers with bunches of fruit; (UPR BRD) bagpipes flanked by bunches of flowers & grapes interspersed with cherubim, grotesque faces in corners; (LWR BRD) bagpipes flanked by satyrs & grotesques, rams's heads in corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 18555-a Delmarcel, Bruges et la tapisserie (1987), 248-285, no. 23 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241526-0241527, 0241532-0241533; another set in series, France, Saint-Lô, Musée d'Art, "Gombaut et Macée" (6 panels)
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