Paris as Youth. unknown c. 1560-1570 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'7" x W 17' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Sold at Christie's, London, 5/18/1911, no. 103; purchased by Bush. French & Co. purchased from Spanish Art Gallery 7/14/1916; sold to H. Edward Manville, Pleasantville, New York. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by H. Edward Manville, 1941. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. (). Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on hem of Paris garment: ALEXAN Inscriptions:
Paris as Youth. unknown c. 1560-1570 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'7" x W 17' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Sold at Christie's, London, 5/18/1911, no. 103; purchased by Bush. French & Co. purchased from Spanish Art Gallery 7/14/1916; sold to H. Edward Manville, Pleasantville, New York. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by H. Edward Manville, 1941. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. (). Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on hem of Paris garment: ALEXAN Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border: COSILIAT CANTV IVVENV PARIS OMNIV AMORE / DAT SOCYS FRVCTVS BALNEA MVLTA PETENS Paris, holding music book on knees with dog at feet, flanked by woman standing on R & woman seated (L) with viol; 3 children gather fruit from tree enclosed by fence (L); elaborate garden with circular arbor & portico in background with figures engaged in various activities (L & R BRD) niches with standing female figures, groupings of flowers between niches; (LWR BRD) 4 putti within groupings of flowers with Leda & swan on relief panel in center; (UPR BRD) flowers, 2 putti holding drapery on either side of inscription French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 6043 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), 151-3 Related Works: Three Trojan War tapestries, known only from their appearance in sale catalogs, may have belonged to the same series as this tapestry, but they have different borders & could not have been from the same set (Standen cat.)
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