Combat of Ajax and Hector. Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (cartoon creator) [draughtsman] Borcht, Gaspard van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borcht, Pierre van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borght, Franz van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1740-1742 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'3" x W 20'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Lord Lucas & Dingwall coll., Wrest Park, England; sold at Christie's (London) 6/18/1913, lot 142; purchased by Bacri frères. French & Co. purchas
Combat of Ajax and Hector. Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (cartoon creator) [draughtsman] Borcht, Gaspard van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borcht, Pierre van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borght, Franz van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1740-1742 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'3" x W 20'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Lord Lucas & Dingwall coll., Wrest Park, England; sold at Christie's (London) 6/18/1913, lot 142; purchased by Bacri frères. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. B. C. Foy 6/11/1941 [also lists: 5/29/1943]; sold to North Carolina Museum of Art via Jack Linsky 1/30/1956. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Linsky, New York; gift to North Carolina Museum of Art. North Carolina Museum of Art coll.; sold, Sotheby's (New York), 5/26/1992. United States, New York, New York, Sotheby's, May 26, 1992, lot 244. Inscriptions: City mark in central field, right of center Inscriptions: Woven signature in central field, right of center: BORCHT Battle scene with soldiers on horseback & in horse-drawn chariots, soldier is about to throw large stone on another soldier (center, foreground); goddess hovers over battlefield (L of center, foreground); army camp with tents (R, background) (BRD) spiraling acanthus leaves around central rod; (UPR BRD) central coat of arms of Maria-Theresa, Empress of Austria French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 75273(k) [also lists: 42430, 20152] Sotheby, European Works of Art (1992), lots 236-244 Raleigh (NCMA), Paintings (1956), 87, no. 228 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 352,353, 399-403 Crick-Kuntziger, BurlMag 50 (Apr. 1927), 172-183 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237814-0237832, 0237834-0237844; compositionally similar tapestries: 0242674, 0243307 (smaller composition)
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