Birth of Isaac and circumcision. unknown c. 1560-1570 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'9" x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Somzée coll. French & Co. received from C. M. F. [Charles M. Ffoulke], ; returned to J. R. F[f]oulke, 8/18/1923. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; unidentified weaver mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: ISACEM DIVINVS In landscape, Isaac's circumcision; in bedchamber in background, birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-8) (BRD) bunches of f
Birth of Isaac and circumcision. unknown c. 1560-1570 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'9" x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Somzée coll. French & Co. received from C. M. F. [Charles M. Ffoulke], ; returned to J. R. F[f]oulke, 8/18/1923. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; unidentified weaver mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: ISACEM DIVINVS In landscape, Isaac's circumcision; in bedchamber in background, birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-8) (BRD) bunches of flowers & strapwork interspersed with various animals; (L & R BRD) at top female figures in swings, couples at mid-points; (UPR BRD) headed by cartouche with inscription flanked by festoons; (LWR BRD) centered by seated couple flanked by pairs of camels (L) & putto (R) French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 1073-b [also lists: 11514] French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 32267-b Galerie Fievez (Brussels), Collection de Somzée (1901), 542 Boston (Gardner), Textiles (1986), 58-65, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237708-0237711; stylistically similar set (same borders), Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Refs. T19w56-s, T19w26-s, T19w48-s, T19e52-s, T19n21-s
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