Obsequies of Decius Mus. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (author of design) [painter] Hecke, Frans van den I (Flemish, 1630-1665) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1630 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 19'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Orselli, received 8/1925 (voided) [SS 13914]. French & Co. purchased from Robersons, invoiced 11/17/1925 (transferred to SS 41286) [SS 27860]. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banner: SPQR Inscriptions: Wove
Obsequies of Decius Mus. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (author of design) [painter] Hecke, Frans van den I (Flemish, 1630-1665) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1630 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 19'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Orselli, received 8/1925 (voided) [SS 13914]. French & Co. purchased from Robersons, invoiced 11/17/1925 (transferred to SS 41286) [SS 27860]. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banner: SPQR Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, center: FRANCOE[backwards S] VAN [D]EN HECKE Body of Decius Mus lies in state, surrounded by Roman soldiers who celebrate victory (center, foreground); trophies of victory, including severed heads on sticks, captured weapons & armor, trumpet players, banner with inscription (center, middle ground); Roman soldiers bring bound prisoners (L, foreground); & spolia (R, foreground) (L & R BRD) spiral (Solomonic) columns; (UPR BRD) architectural moldings frames garlands of flowers & fruit tied with ribbons flanking central cartouche with landscape, garlands of flowers & fruit hang below; (LWR BRD) cornucopias overflowing with fruit becomes garland of flowers & fruit, empty central cartouche framed by lions Stock sheet 27860 states that tapestry is illustrated in issues of "Art News" (11/11/1933, & 11/18/1933, ) & also in the Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (11/4/1933, vol. XXII, no. 27, ). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 13914 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 27860 [also lists: 41286] New York (Met), Decius Mus Cycle (1985), 11 Liechtenstein, Peter Paul Rubens (1988), 107-111, no. VI Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), pl. 317 Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 215 Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe 2 (1964), 111, no. 224 Related Works: Iconographically similar tapestries, (different borders), GCPA: 0240518 & Germa
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