Huntsman presenting captured heron to lady falconer. unknown c. 1500-1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'7" x W 11' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: ; ); wool & silk (wefts) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Stanford White coll.; sold Gramercy Park 1907. Charles T. Barney coll., New York. French & Co. purchased from Barney Estate 11/1/1916; sold to Andrew W. Mellon 3/31/1918. Mrs. David K. E. [Mellon] Bruce coll. (by 1938); given to museum in 1964. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. On millefleurs ground with
Huntsman presenting captured heron to lady falconer. unknown c. 1500-1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'7" x W 11' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: ; ); wool & silk (wefts) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Stanford White coll.; sold Gramercy Park 1907. Charles T. Barney coll., New York. French & Co. purchased from Barney Estate 11/1/1916; sold to Andrew W. Mellon 3/31/1918. Mrs. David K. E. [Mellon] Bruce coll. (by 1938); given to museum in 1964. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. On millefleurs ground with island, lady falconer holds falcon with gloved hand, next to her kneels young man offering heron he holds by neck; various birds are present, including partridge & pheasant Borders missing. Stock sheet states that tapestry was put into a gilded oak Gothic-style frame in 1917. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7073 Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 498-501, no. 38
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