Four elements and time. Hecke, Jan I van den (Flemish, 1620-1684) (author of design) [painter] Reydams, Heinrich I (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Hedvig Eleonora purchased from Count Nils Bielke in 1686. Karl XI [son of Hedvig Eleonora ?] coll. Ulrika Eleonora coll. Sweden, Stockholm, Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, accno. 79. Inscriptions: Brussels city mark on lower guard, right of cen
Four elements and time. Hecke, Jan I van den (Flemish, 1620-1684) (author of design) [painter] Reydams, Heinrich I (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Hedvig Eleonora purchased from Count Nils Bielke in 1686. Karl XI [son of Hedvig Eleonora ?] coll. Ulrika Eleonora coll. Sweden, Stockholm, Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, accno. 79. Inscriptions: Brussels city mark on lower guard, right of center Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: QVATOR / ELEMENTA Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: H. REYDAMS Winged figure of Father Time holding scythe & baby (center), flanked by reclining figure of Water as river-god [=Neptune/Poseidon] with trident (L), female figure of Air [=Juno/Hera] with peacock (L of center), figure of Fire [=Vulcan/Hephaestus] holding scepter, vulcan behind (R of center), seated figure of Earth with pitchfork & 2 sheaved of corn nearby, landscape (background); several cherubim climb up garlands of fish, flowers, fruit, animals, armor, architectural framework creates border [not true border], cartouche with inscription, supported by 2 cherubim at top, in center 1 panel in a set of 10. Several weavers worked on the set, they include: Willem van Leefdael, Heinrich Reydams I, Everaert Leyniers & Geraert van der Strecken. This panel is signed by Heinrich Reydams I. Böttiger, Svenska statens samling (1895), 36-38, suite Lit. L, no. IX Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), figs. 294, 347, 348 Thomson, History of Tapestry (1930), 381, 391 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0238238-0238239; other panels in set: Stockholm, Nationalmuseum (Stockholms slott), "Januari och Februari" (Göbel, fig. 348), ref. HGK 71, "Mars och April", ref. HGK 72, "Maj och Juni", ref. HGK 73, "Juli och Augusti", ref. HGK 74, "Septembe
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