Love tying hands of Time. Teniers, David III (Flemish, 1638-1685) (author of design) [painter] Leefdael, Willem van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1685 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 10'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Woven for Don Antonio de Valesco & Cardenas, IX count of Fuensalida, III count of Colmenar, lord of Villerias, Lillo, Guadamur [ given on stock sheet]. Sold in Paris 5/30/1919. Vincent Bendix coll. (Bendix Foundation, Chicago), sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 5/29/1942, lot 4
Love tying hands of Time. Teniers, David III (Flemish, 1638-1685) (author of design) [painter] Leefdael, Willem van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1685 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 10'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Woven for Don Antonio de Valesco & Cardenas, IX count of Fuensalida, III count of Colmenar, lord of Villerias, Lillo, Guadamur [ given on stock sheet]. Sold in Paris 5/30/1919. Vincent Bendix coll. (Bendix Foundation, Chicago), sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 5/29/1942, lot 42. French & Co. purchased from Marco Behar, received 8/10/1956. Sold at Sotheby's London, 4/29/1965. Sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 11/8/1969, lot 181. Monaco, Monte Carlo, Sotheby's, June 25, 1983, lot 315. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Woven in central field, left: D TENIERS / IVN. PINX 1684 Inscriptions: Woven signature in central field, right: GILleft: VAN LEEFDAEL / FECIT Father Time with wings & scythe is shown chained & having hands tied behind his back by cherub [=Love?] (center); portière with coat of arms [arms of Duke of Ayala, count of Fuensalida] surmounted by crown, supported by cherubim & female figure with wings (suspended in air at top); scene is depicted as tapestry supported by cherubim, behind which are 2 large fluted columns (L & R) Date on tapestry is the date of design. Exhibited at the Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, 1935. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 57230-x Brussels, wandtapijten (1994), 68-70, Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), fig. 185 Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 236 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (with same coat of arms), GCPA: 0236265; compositionally similar tapestry (different coat of arms), GCPA: 0236267; compositionally similar tapestry (same coat of arms), Enghien, Museum Arenberg, "Le Temps enchaîné par l'Amour" (with arms of Arenber
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