Priam, king of Troy with generals ; Judgement of Paris. Aerts, Nicaise (the Younger) (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1600-1620 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 8'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Given by King Louis XIII of France to Francesco Barberini, Papal legate to the French Court, for his uncle, Urban XVIII; recorded in the Barberini Palace inventory made by Cardinal Carlo Barberini in Rome on 10/25/1695. Ffoulke coll., 1889. French & Co. purchased from C. M. F. [Charles M.
Priam, king of Troy with generals ; Judgement of Paris. Aerts, Nicaise (the Younger) (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1600-1620 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 8'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Given by King Louis XIII of France to Francesco Barberini, Papal legate to the French Court, for his uncle, Urban XVIII; recorded in the Barberini Palace inventory made by Cardinal Carlo Barberini in Rome on 10/25/1695. Ffoulke coll., 1889. French & Co. purchased from C. M. F. [Charles M. Ffoulke], [SS 11513]. French & Co. purchased from J. ... Foulke, invoiced 4/28/1926 (date crossed out on stock sheet), inventoried 9/21/1938 (panels a & b only) [SS 14144]. French & Co. purchased from A la vieille Russie, Inc., 1/19/1967 [SS K-171]. United States, New York, New York, Sotheby's, May 30, 1987, lot 247. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right; weaver mark on right guard, bottom Priam surrounded by generals (foreground); Judgement of Paris (R background); hunting scene with pond in distance (L background) (BRD) mythological scenes: (UPR & LWR BRD) story of Erichthonius; (R BRD) Temperance holding a bridle; Diana (Artemis) with the zodiac sign of Pisces; personification of Music; (L BRD) Ceres (Demeter) holding cornucopia & sickle; Mercury (Hermes) with zodiac signs of Gemini & Virgo; allegorical figure; all set in landscapes beneath arches alternating with urns holding fruits & flowers The weaver mark on this panel matches the mark identified as that of Nicaise (Nicaius) Aerts in Delmarcel (rather than Jan Aerts, as given in Göbel). The date of the tapestry is also consistent with the activity dates of Nicaise. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 11513-a [also lists: 1069, 30610] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 14144 [also lists: 30610] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, K171 [also lists: 30610] Ffoulke, Collection of Tapestries (1913), 60 Delm
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