Two fragments with maids of Helen of Troy. Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (cartoon creator) [draughtsman] Borcht, Gaspard van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borcht, Pierre van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borght, Franz van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1740-1742 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'8" x W 2'10" (2 women) Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Lord Lucas & Dingwall coll., Wrest Park, England; sold at Christie's (London) 6/18/1913, lot 142; purchased by Bacri fr
Two fragments with maids of Helen of Troy. Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (cartoon creator) [draughtsman] Borcht, Gaspard van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borcht, Pierre van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borght, Franz van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1740-1742 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'8" x W 2'10" (2 women) Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Lord Lucas & Dingwall coll., Wrest Park, England; sold at Christie's (London) 6/18/1913, lot 142; purchased by Bacri frères. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. B. C. Foy 6/11/1941 [also lists: 5/29/1943]; sold to North Carolina Museum of Art via Jack Linsky 1/30/1956. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Linsky, New York; gift to North Carolina Museum of Art. North Carolina Museum of Art coll.; sold at Sotheby's (New York), 5/26/1992. United States, New York, New York, Sotheby's, May 26, 1992, lot 238. (On left) 2 women, 1 seated & pointing, other holds large vessel, guard treasures of Helen; (on right) tree (BRD) spiraling acanthus leaves around central rod; (UPR BRD) central coat of arms of Maria-Theresa, Empress of Austria [not represented on panel with tree] These 2 panels are probably fragments from a larger panel (Cavallo). The Sotheby's Catalog (1992) does not mention the panel with the tree (SS 75273J) [possibly not sold with the rest of the lot?]. The catalog from the North Carolina Museum of Art does mention it (no. 237) (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 75273-i-j [also lists: 42430, 20152] Sotheby, European Works of Art (1992), lots 236-244 Raleigh (NCMA), Paintings (1956), 87, nos. 236,237 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 352,353, 399-403 Crick-Kuntziger, BurlMag 50 (Apr. 1927), 172-183 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237814-0237832, 0237834-0237844; another similar set: GCPA 0242673-0242674
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