Calydonian hunt. unknown c. 1675-1679 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: Cyrus McCormick, Chicago (as of 1925). Don Raimon d'Allones coll., Mallorca. Purchased in Antwerp in 1679 for Don Ramon Forton, Count of Montenegro & Mantua, resident of Mallorca. Departure of Atalanta & Meleager for hunt (UPR BRD) cartouche flanked by festoons with fruit & flowers; (L BRD) column decorated with eagle, female figure holding torch & olive branch standing on urn supported by 2 winged sphinx-like creatures; (R BRD) col
Calydonian hunt. unknown c. 1675-1679 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: Cyrus McCormick, Chicago (as of 1925). Don Raimon d'Allones coll., Mallorca. Purchased in Antwerp in 1679 for Don Ramon Forton, Count of Montenegro & Mantua, resident of Mallorca. Departure of Atalanta & Meleager for hunt (UPR BRD) cartouche flanked by festoons with fruit & flowers; (L BRD) column decorated with eagle, female figure holding torch & olive branch standing on urn supported by 2 winged sphinx-like creatures; (R BRD) column decorated with eagle, male figure holding banner on staff & standing on urn supported by 2 winged sphinx-like creatures Letters written on photographs indicate the order in which the panels were installed in McCormick's collection. Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 156-157 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241908-0241912
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