Peace and Mercy win promise of Redemption for Man. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5' x W 4'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. B. C. Fray [Jack Chrysler crossed out] 9/26/1940. Personification of Man (Homo) throwing hands up in air; attacked by Lechery holding spear, Avarice grasping Man's throat, Temptation (Temptor=devil) blowing S-shaped horn, Gluttony reaching for Man's stomach, Hope holding large club & 2 other female figures stand behind Man; in foreground lay brea
Peace and Mercy win promise of Redemption for Man. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5' x W 4'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. B. C. Fray [Jack Chrysler crossed out] 9/26/1940. Personification of Man (Homo) throwing hands up in air; attacked by Lechery holding spear, Avarice grasping Man's throat, Temptation (Temptor=devil) blowing S-shaped horn, Gluttony reaching for Man's stomach, Hope holding large club & 2 other female figures stand behind Man; in foreground lay breastplate & helmet that Grace of God & Peace gave Man Possibly woven in Brussels (Cavallo). This is a fragment from the "Virtues intercede for Man" tapestry in this series. [This scene can be found] in the upper right of center in the panel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cavallo). Tapestry mounted in frame (Dimitrova). The "Redemption of Man" series comprises 10 known compositions. Scholars have compiled comprehensive groupings of extant tapestry panels (both whole & fragmentary). At least 30 surviving panels can be organized within the 10 subjects (see Cavallo & Bennett for further discussions) (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19845 [also lists: 41767] Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 421-445, Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 54-77, Related Works: Iconographically similar tapestry (full composition), GCPA 0239391, 0239398-0239402, 0184359-0184363
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