An old woman tells the story of Psyche. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after, school) [painter] Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1658-1670 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'10" x W 8'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: M. Duseigneur coll. (France). French & Co. received from J. Warburton (?); returned 3/9/1946. United States, Connecticut, Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum. Old woman holding spindle & with dog at her feet is seated on R opposite young
An old woman tells the story of Psyche. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after, school) [painter] Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1658-1670 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'10" x W 8'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: M. Duseigneur coll. (France). French & Co. received from J. Warburton (?); returned 3/9/1946. United States, Connecticut, Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum. Old woman holding spindle & with dog at her feet is seated on R opposite young woman who is seated & in an attitude of sleeping or listening; behind them is small round table with claw feet & monumental ruined building; in R background soldiers take woman captive (UPR & LWR BRD) centered cartouche with scene flanked by putti, birds & rinceau; (L & R BRD) bottom to top: shell, Corinthian capital, male caryatid half-figure, masks, male figure in cartouche at mid-point, foliate ornament, pair of birds, bust of siren supporting basket of flowers This series was copied after a series initially created in Brussels for Francis I after Raphaelesque models traditionally attributed to Michiel Coxie. This series was very popular during the first half of the 17th century & was woven in many Parisian ateliers. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 287-292 Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923) 18832-e Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0245206-0245210; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0245189 (Fontainebleau), 0245195 (Palazzo Quirinale)
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