Garden of Vanity. unknown c. 1500-1510 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'8" x W 13'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Possibly made for Françoise de Tournemine (). Charles Mège coll., Paris (by 1889). French & Co. purchased from Raoul Heilbronner, invoiced 11/2/1928; sold to Parish Watson & Co. 11/19/1928. Parish-Watson & Co., New York. Eleanor Clay Ford coll., Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan; Museum bequest. United States, Michigan, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field by s
Garden of Vanity. unknown c. 1500-1510 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'8" x W 13'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Possibly made for Françoise de Tournemine (). Charles Mège coll., Paris (by 1889). French & Co. purchased from Raoul Heilbronner, invoiced 11/2/1928; sold to Parish Watson & Co. 11/19/1928. Parish-Watson & Co., New York. Eleanor Clay Ford coll., Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan; Museum bequest. United States, Michigan, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field by shepherdess: mout me plaist ce getil bouchage /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field by shepherd: bergerette plaisant et saigee /.. Millefleurs ground with central fruit tree hung with coat of arms (quartered gold & azure); shepherd & shepherdess with their flock conversing; dog (=fidelity) stands between couple French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 32685 DIA, Woven Splendor (1996), 20-23, Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 483-487, Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ref. , "Shepherd & Shepherdess making music"; Paris, Mobilier National, "Shepherd & Shepherdess"
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