Queen Tomyris receives Cyrus' proposal of marriage from messenger. Moy, Jan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'2" x W 15'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6/cm); wool & silk: (weft) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll., Rome. French & Co. received from C. M. F. [Charles M. Ffoulke], ; returned 9/19/1922. Charles M. Ffoulke coll.; sold to museum in 1955-1956. United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, accno. T19e57-s. Queen Tom

Queen Tomyris receives Cyrus' proposal of marriage from messenger. Moy, Jan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'2" x W 15'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6/cm); wool & silk: (weft) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll., Rome. French & Co. received from C. M. F. [Charles M. Ffoulke], ; returned 9/19/1922. Charles M. Ffoulke coll.; sold to museum in 1955-1956. United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, accno. T19e57-s. Queen Tomyris stands at steps of her palace (L of center, foreground); Cyrus' messenger kneels before her (R of center, foreground); 3 ladies-in-waiting, couple stands talking (L, middle ground); 2 men wait near messenger's horse (R, middle ground); figures in countryside (center, foreground); cityscape (R of center, background) (BRD) bunches of flowers & fruit on laurel-covered central rod, bunches of flowers in corners; (LWR BRD) 2 birds flank bouquet in center French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 1097 [also lists: 11517?] Boston (Gardner), Textiles (1986), 48-55, no. 9d Ffoulke, Collection of Tapestries (1913), 88-90 Siple, BurlMag 57 (Nov. 1930), 241, 242, pl. II Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240854, 0240858-0240865; another similar set (slightly different borders), GCPA: 0240850-0240853, 0240855-0240857

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