Moses striking water from rock, David at Nob and Elijah and angel. unknown c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp); wool & silk (dyed, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-la-Charité, Ronceray at Angers (believed to be gift of Dame Loyse le Roux). Comtesse Walsh de Serrant, of Château Plessy-Macé near Anjou (1793 or 1850?); sold, by Larcher de Coupigny, 9/30-10/5/1880. M. Jumel coll., Avocat d'Amiens. French & Co. United States, New York, New York, Century Association. Inscriptions: Inscription in cent
Moses striking water from rock, David at Nob and Elijah and angel. unknown c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp); wool & silk (dyed, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-la-Charité, Ronceray at Angers (believed to be gift of Dame Loyse le Roux). Comtesse Walsh de Serrant, of Château Plessy-Macé near Anjou (1793 or 1850?); sold, by Larcher de Coupigny, 9/30-10/5/1880. M. Jumel coll., Avocat d'Amiens. French & Co. United States, New York, New York, Century Association. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole at bottom left: Au dit peuple qui aux desers estoit Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole at bottom center: Achimelch a david doulcement donna du pain de Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole at bottom right: De cheminer helyas si tres fort fut travaille et las quil Left, Moses strikes rock twice in front of assembled people, water gushes out & people quench their thirst (Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:2-13); center, David receives gifts (=hallowed bread) from Ahimelech David (1 Samuel 21:1-10); right, angel , holding loaf of bread & jar of water, wakes sleeping Elijah (1 Kings 19:1-18); at bottom between 2 last scenes coat of arms (lozenge-shape) of Dame Loyse le Roux This suite of tapestries was made for the Abbey church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Charité, Ronceray at Angers as a gift of Dame Loyse le Roux (). The nuns of the abbey sold the panels just after the French Revolution to Comtesse Walsh de Serrant, of Château Plessy-Macé at Anjou. They remained there until they were sold & subsequently dispsersed in 1888. Originally the suite of tapestries comprised 4 to 6 panels, but have been cut apart into at least 11 seperate pieces illustrating 21 scenes, with each illustrating 1 to 3 subjects each. The Photo Study collection represents 6 of the panels. No French & Co. stock sheet in
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