April. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1535) (author of design) [painter] Lefebvre, Jean II (French, fl. 1699-1736) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1731-1743 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'9" x W 9'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Lord Winborne coll., Winborne Castle. Marquis da Foz coll., Lisbon. Peter A. B. Widener & Joseph E. Widener coll., Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park Pennsylvania; sold at Samuel T. Freeman (Philadelphia), 6/21/1944, lot 489. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Mahoney van Bomel ("Mrs. William J. M
April. Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish (before 1600), 1535) (author of design) [painter] Lefebvre, Jean II (French, fl. 1699-1736) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1731-1743 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'9" x W 9'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Lord Winborne coll., Winborne Castle. Marquis da Foz coll., Lisbon. Peter A. B. Widener & Joseph E. Widener coll., Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park Pennsylvania; sold at Samuel T. Freeman (Philadelphia), 6/21/1944, lot 489. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Mahoney van Bomel ("Mrs. William J. Mahoney" crossed out), received 6/23/1948; sold to Mrs. Nicolas de Koenigsberg 8/28/1959. Sold at Sotheby's (London), 7/24/1959, lot 205. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: Group of ladies & gentleman sit on grass gathering flowers & making music; 2 peasants return from field (L); ladies & gentlemen ride in boat (center); village & palace in background (BRD) picture-frame border, rosette cartouche with floral cornucopias in corners; (UPR BRD) centered by cartouche with Taurus; Version of 3rd border. Made for a private purchaser. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 79862 Fénaille, Gobelins 2 (1903-1923), 337-70 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 1 (1985), 342 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 143-45 McCall, Widener Collection of Tapestries (1932), 33-36, 75-78, pl. 6 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243834, 0243840-0243846, 1 panel (January) sold at Sotheby's (London), 7/23/1937, lot 63; compositionally similar sets: GCPA 0243812-0243814, 0243817-0243818 (set A), GCPA 0243825-0243830 (Metropolitan Museum of Art set), GCPA 0243847-0243848 (Palazzo Doria set), GCPA 0243853-0243856 (Ffoulke set), GCPA 0243851-0243852 (Sotheby's set), GCPA 0243819-0243824 (Toulouse/Noailles set) compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0238259 (Brussels)
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