August. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (designed after) [painter] Chastelain, Charles (French, 1672-1755) (cartoon creator) [painter] c. 1710 Tapestry Dimensions: H 367 x W 350 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Marie-Anne de Bourbon, Princesse de Conti coll., Château de Choisy-le-Roi (ca. 1710-1739). King of France coll., Choisy-le-Roi (bef. 1789). French & Co. purchased from Lionel Harris, Spanish Art Gallery 9/12/1919; sold to Hudson Forwarding Co. 9/20/1921. French & Co. sold to William Randolph Hearst 1/2/1923. Monaco,

August. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (designed after) [painter] Chastelain, Charles (French, 1672-1755) (cartoon creator) [painter] c. 1710 Tapestry Dimensions: H 367 x W 350 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Marie-Anne de Bourbon, Princesse de Conti coll., Château de Choisy-le-Roi (ca. 1710-1739). King of France coll., Choisy-le-Roi (bef. 1789). French & Co. purchased from Lionel Harris, Spanish Art Gallery 9/12/1919; sold to Hudson Forwarding Co. 9/20/1921. French & Co. sold to William Randolph Hearst 1/2/1923. Monaco, Monte Carlo, Sotheby's, May 3, 1977, lot 24. Portico decorated with floral garlands & surrounded by grotesques; summer landscape in center of portico; set on red background (UPR BRD) fruit & floral garland centered by coat of arms of the Princess of Conti flanked by cherubim; (LWR BRD) fruit & floral garland centered by cartouche depicting fallen Phaethon; (L & R BRD) vases of flowers, medallion with lion's head at top corners, female figure at midpoints, male & female figure at bottom corners 2nd weaving. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 21474 Fénaille, Gobelins 2 (1903-1923), 323-36 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 142-43 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243790-0243799; compositionally similar sets: GCPA 0243786-0243788 (Louvre set), GCPA 0139288-0139295 (Château de Pau set)

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