Millefleurs ground with attributes of Neptune (Poseidon). unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'4" x W 3' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Prince de Ligne, Brussels (?). French & Co. purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries (Butterworth sale) 10/21-23/1954 [other dates listed: 10/25/1954 & 10/29/1954]; sold to K. T. Keller, Esq. 6/30/1958. United States, Michigan, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field identifying figure: NEPTVNVS RE[X] Neptune holding trident & 2 fish Pos
Millefleurs ground with attributes of Neptune (Poseidon). unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'4" x W 3' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Prince de Ligne, Brussels (?). French & Co. purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries (Butterworth sale) 10/21-23/1954 [other dates listed: 10/25/1954 & 10/29/1954]; sold to K. T. Keller, Esq. 6/30/1958. United States, Michigan, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field identifying figure: NEPTVNVS RE[X] Neptune holding trident & 2 fish Possibly woven in Brussels or Tournai (?) (Cavallo). Fragment of tapestry; borders missing (Dimitrova). Tapestry in frame in both French & Co. photographs (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 55301-a French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 20107 (?) DIA, Woven Splendor (1996), 24,25, Related Works: Iconographically related tapestries (mythological millefleurs), GCPA 0184290 (Narcissus); & 0239521-0239522, 0183972 (Hercules); 0236864-0236865 (Jupiter)
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