Anger of Achilles against Agamemnon. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (cartoon creator) [painter] Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'7" x W 12'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 8/cm); wool (dyed, weft); silk (dyed, weft); metallic thread (silver-gilt yarn) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Unidentified dealer, Munich (acquired from a "Royal House"). Charles M. Ffoulke coll., Washington, (). French & Co. George Robert White coll., Boston. Mrs. Harriet J. Brad
Anger of Achilles against Agamemnon. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (cartoon creator) [painter] Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'7" x W 12'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 8/cm); wool (dyed, weft); silk (dyed, weft); metallic thread (silver-gilt yarn) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Unidentified dealer, Munich (acquired from a "Royal House"). Charles M. Ffoulke coll., Washington, (). French & Co. George Robert White coll., Boston. Mrs. Harriet J. Bradbury coll., Boston; bequest to museum, 7/3/1930. United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, accno. Inscriptions: City mark in lower guard, right of center Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, top [partially legible in photograph]: ABSTINET A / FERRO AE / RETINENTE / MINERVA Inscriptions: Woven signature on lower guard, right: LEEFDAEL Agamemnon enthroned about to rise, 3 men stand next to him (center, middle ground); Achilles pulls his sword & is stopped by Minerva (Athena) who hovers on cloud behind him (L of center, foreground); psuedo-border with 2 statue-columns on cornices [L, Blind Passion & R, Envy] (L & R, foreground); garlands of flowers with 2 cherubim, central cartouche with inscription (top, foreground); chained lion lies at foot of stairs (bottom, foreground) (BRD) bead-&-reel molding No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), 122-129, no. 36 Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), pl. 36 Haverkamp Begemann, CorpRub 10 (1975), 117-120, no. 5, pls. 41-43 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237859-0237860; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0237865 (location unknown), Brussels, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, "Wrath of Achilles" & Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, "Wrath of Achilles"
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Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
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