Country folk dancing to a violinist's tune. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) [painter] Teniers, David III (Flemish, 1638-1685) (designed after) [painter] c. 1750-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 7'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Henry Stockgold, received 12/8/1947; sold to Mr. H. Kalaidjian, 7/14/1963. In landscape with inn amongst trees & wild plants, musician standing on table plays the violin while couple dances (R); man carrying food watches the scene (L) as dog
Country folk dancing to a violinist's tune. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) [painter] Teniers, David III (Flemish, 1638-1685) (designed after) [painter] c. 1750-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 7'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Henry Stockgold, received 12/8/1947; sold to Mr. H. Kalaidjian, 7/14/1963. In landscape with inn amongst trees & wild plants, musician standing on table plays the violin while couple dances (R); man carrying food watches the scene (L) as dog is captivated by the food on his tray (BRD) garland of flowers entwined with spiraling & bow-tied ribbons; tied ribbons in corners This scene is based on the left half of a larger, original composition by David Teniers III, as seen in Göbel. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 79504 [also lists: 45951] Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), pl. 281-82 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0243219; compositionally similar tapestries (larger composition): GCPA 0243218, 0243139, 0243216, "La dance" Altkunst-Margraf & Co. (Göbel, )
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