Eight scenes, two with emperors. unknown c. 1500-1510 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2 x W 12'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 4-7/cm); wool, silk & metallic thread (weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Marquis Henri de Vibraye, château de Bazoches du Morvan, Nièvre coll., until about 1903. George Blumenthal coll., New York, by 1912. French & Co. Gift of George Blumenthal to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Eight scenes divided by jeweled columns, lintels & arches; lower L scene
Eight scenes, two with emperors. unknown c. 1500-1510 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2 x W 12'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 4-7/cm); wool, silk & metallic thread (weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Marquis Henri de Vibraye, château de Bazoches du Morvan, Nièvre coll., until about 1903. George Blumenthal coll., New York, by 1912. French & Co. Gift of George Blumenthal to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Eight scenes divided by jeweled columns, lintels & arches; lower L scene: Ahasuerus handing his signet ring to an elderly man to give to the kneeling Esther; scenes in 2 L upper compartments: lady standing before counter of draper's or upholster's shop & touching bolt of fabric, 2 men; upper center scene: bareheaded boy kneeling before hooded man; lower center scene: man holding scepter with dog at his feet & with other figures; lower R scene: throned elderly emperor (probably Charlemagne) next to crowned woman with young woman kneeling before them; 1st upper R scene: 4 young women wearing hoods surrounding seated young woman; 2nd upper R scene: emperor watches as man applies chisel to small sculpture (BRD) garland with fruit & flowers inhabited by birds The upper & lower borders have been replaced. The panel seen in the photographs may have been made up from 3 separate pieces. The panel seen in the photographs was joined to 2 or 3 other panels after it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1941 because it was thought that those panels had been made to be joined together. This premise is no longer accepted, although the panels are similar in composition & style. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 17499 Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 377-412, cat.
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