Lion hunt. Grenier, Jean (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] Poissonier, Arnould (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'4" x W 17'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Knole coll. French & Co. purchased from Morgan Coll. 8/15/1916; sold to Museu do Caramulo (Portugal) 6/25/1957 [SS 7036 & 39103]. Portugal, Viseu, Caramulo, Museu do Caramulo. In landscape, hunters on horseback & foot attack lions with spears
Lion hunt. Grenier, Jean (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] Poissonier, Arnould (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'4" x W 17'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Knole coll. French & Co. purchased from Morgan Coll. 8/15/1916; sold to Museu do Caramulo (Portugal) 6/25/1957 [SS 7036 & 39103]. Portugal, Viseu, Caramulo, Museu do Caramulo. In landscape, hunters on horseback & foot attack lions with spears, swords & bows-&-arrows (L, LWR & R BRD) bunches of foliage & flowers compartmentalized within rectangles; (UPR BRD) stylized foliage terminating in acorns Possibly woven in Tournai (Campbell). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7036 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 39103 V & A, Tapestry Collection (1980), 30-32, Ricci, Twenty Renaissance Tapestries (1913), 4,5, no. I Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 164,165 Ackerman, Rockefeller McCormick tapestries (1932), Asselberghs, Tapisserie tournaisienne (1968), 12-16 Related Works: Iconographically similar tapestry, GCPA 0240589-0240592, 0184397; stylistically similar tapestry (same borders; different subject), GCPA 0238981 Related Works: Stylistically similar tapestry
Size: 10392px × 7120px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords:
