Fall of Phaethon. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 21'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Desider de Toperczer, invoiced, 12/19/1952. France, Val-d'Oise, Ecouen, Musée de la renaissance. Phaethon struck by thunderbolt of Jupiter (Zeus) (BRD) garland of flowers, fruit & cornucopia inhabited by birds & putti French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 52734-d Delmarcel, Tapisseries anciennes d'Enghien (19
Fall of Phaethon. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 21'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Desider de Toperczer, invoiced, 12/19/1952. France, Val-d'Oise, Ecouen, Musée de la renaissance. Phaethon struck by thunderbolt of Jupiter (Zeus) (BRD) garland of flowers, fruit & cornucopia inhabited by birds & putti French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 52734-d Delmarcel, Tapisseries anciennes d'Enghien (1980), 64,65, Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 112-113, 128 Crick-Kuntziger, Revue Belg 20 (1951), 127-137 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238692-0238700; compositionally similar tapestry (different borders; manufactured in Enghien), Bayerische Verwaltung der staatlichen Schlösser (deposited at Schloss Landschut), "La chute de Phaéton"; GCPA: 0236979-0236982, 0238276 (Story of Vertumnus & Pomona, Set A)
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