Fox hunt. unknown c. 1750 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'2" x W 6'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: Comtesse Clementine Stadnicka, Warsaw, 5/27/1927. Sold to Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc., New York, 1932-33. French & Co. purchased from Art Institute of Chicago ("taken in deal"), received 4/29/1946; sold to Jean Mikaeloff 6/24/1961 [SS 58452]. In landscape with trees, flowering plants & building near river in background, 3 horsemen & footman with weapons & hound dogs watch as fox subdues one of the dogs; additional menacing fox (?) c
Fox hunt. unknown c. 1750 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'2" x W 6'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: Comtesse Clementine Stadnicka, Warsaw, 5/27/1927. Sold to Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc., New York, 1932-33. French & Co. purchased from Art Institute of Chicago ("taken in deal"), received 4/29/1946; sold to Jean Mikaeloff 6/24/1961 [SS 58452]. In landscape with trees, flowering plants & building near river in background, 3 horsemen & footman with weapons & hound dogs watch as fox subdues one of the dogs; additional menacing fox (?) creeps into the scene (R) Borders missing. Notation on Seligmann folder: "The negative is to be filed under no. CDLXXIV when the tapestry is sold". However, the same information exists for each tapestry in this set, thus preventing us from assigning a specific negative number to any of the tapestries in the set. Jacques Seligmann & Co. stock sheet in archive, 13292 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 78061 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 58452 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240431, 0240433, 0240434
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