Triumph of Christ. unknown c. 1500 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 7-8/cm); wool (weft, 20-50/cm); silk (weft, 30-60/cm.); metallic thread (weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Said to have been in Cardinal Mazarin coll. (). J. P. Morgan coll. Joseph E. Widener coll. French & Co. United States, District of Columbia, Washington (), National Gallery of Art, accno. (was: C-299, DA). Slender columns divide scenes; top center, Christ enthroned holding Book of Gospels (=Book of 7 Seals) flanked by 4 angels; man digging/laboring (=Salvation), approach
Triumph of Christ. unknown c. 1500 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 7-8/cm); wool (weft, 20-50/cm); silk (weft, 30-60/cm.); metallic thread (weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Said to have been in Cardinal Mazarin coll. (). J. P. Morgan coll. Joseph E. Widener coll. French & Co. United States, District of Columbia, Washington (), National Gallery of Art, accno. (was: C-299, DA). Slender columns divide scenes; top center, Christ enthroned holding Book of Gospels (=Book of 7 Seals) flanked by 4 angels; man digging/laboring (=Salvation), approached by group of figures; bottom left, bearded emperor (=Octavian Augustus?) stands before young woman (=Tiburtine Sibyl?) being crowned, as group of men look on, as Tiburtine sibyl reveals to emperor vision of Madonna (Virgin Mary & Christ-child); lower right, king (=Ahasuerus or Xerxes/Artaxerxes?) holding ring, stands before seated queen (=Esther?) feeding squirrel, surrounded by 3 pages & group of figures who look on; top right, lady, accompanied by gentleman, approaches counter of female shopkeeper & male assistant; miniature statue-columns of Adam & Eve (at far L & R) (BRD) small beaded pattern Possibly woven in Brussels (Campbell). GCPA 0239462 shows tapestry framed (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 70002 Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 377-412, , Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 11-115 Hunter, Tapestries History (1913), 369 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0239458-0239459 (Metropolitan panel); GCPA 0239352, 0184318, 0239460 ("Glorification of Christ" set at La Seo); 0240085, 0240086 (2 panels at Louvre); 0240087-0240089 ("Story of Esther & Ahasuerus" set at La Seo); & Brussels, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire
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