Journey to Ecbatana: Tobias captures fish. Raes, Frans (Flemish, 17th century) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 621 x W 310 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. In riverscape, Tobias, while washing his feet is frightened by large fish that appears, he then captures fish & pulls it to land; angel Raphael tells Tobias to cut fish to pieces (Tobit 4-6) (BRD) grape vine
Journey to Ecbatana: Tobias captures fish. Raes, Frans (Flemish, 17th century) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 621 x W 310 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. In riverscape, Tobias, while washing his feet is frightened by large fish that appears, he then captures fish & pulls it to land; angel Raphael tells Tobias to cut fish to pieces (Tobit 4-6) (BRD) grape vines interspersed with playing putto, medallions with figural scenes in each corner The image in the Photo Study Collection (PSC) is printed from a negative that shows the tapestry with borders. The reproduction in the Junquera de Vega catalog, however, shows the tapestry without borders & shows the full composition (apparently the image of the PSC shows the right half of the panel in the Junquera de Vega cat.). Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 241-247, series 34, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239189-0239194, 0239198-0239198
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