Game of croquet. Leclerc, Jean (French, 1587-1633) (designed after) [printmaker] c. 1625-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'4" x W 11'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: Sold at American Art Association (Emile Jellinek-Mercedes sale), 2/20/1926, lot 13. French & Co. received from G. J. Jacobson, invoiced 2/11/1936; returned 2/18/1939. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left at top: TANDIS QVE TU TE REPOSES A LAYSE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, center at top: IL NEST CHOSE QVI TANT
Game of croquet. Leclerc, Jean (French, 1587-1633) (designed after) [printmaker] c. 1625-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'4" x W 11'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: Sold at American Art Association (Emile Jellinek-Mercedes sale), 2/20/1926, lot 13. French & Co. received from G. J. Jacobson, invoiced 2/11/1936; returned 2/18/1939. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left at top: TANDIS QVE TU TE REPOSES A LAYSE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, center at top: IL NEST CHOSE QVI TANT NE PLAISE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left of center at bottom: JE TE DIS MON AMI [J]ACQVET /.. In landscape, 2 female figures play game of croquet; couple looks on as another couple kisses; farmhouse with waterwheel in background (L & R BRD) niche with spindle, knife & scissors, flanked by vases of flowers with bunches of fruit; (UPR BRD) bagpipes flanked by bunches of flowers & grapes interspersed with cherubim, grotesque faces in corners; (LWR BRD) bagpipes flanked by satyrs & grotesques, rams's heads in corners Left half of the complete composition. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 18555-b Delmarcel, Bruges et la tapisserie (1987), 248-285, no. 21 Luxemburg, Flemish Tapestries (1995), 44,45, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241526-0241527, 0241532-0241533; another set in series: France, Saint-Lô, Musée d'Art, "Gombaut et Macée" (6 panels); compositionally similar tapestry: Mechelen, De Wit Collection; iconographically related tapestries: GCPA 0241530, 0243531, 0244097
Size: 7355px × 10091px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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