Thetis taking leave of Poseidon. Schoor, Lodewijk van (Flemish, 1666-1726) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (cartoon creator) [draughtsman] Borcht, Gaspard van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borcht, Pierre van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borght, Franz van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] (Flemish) c. 1740-1742 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 16'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Lord Lucas & Dingwall coll., Wrest Park, England; s
Thetis taking leave of Poseidon. Schoor, Lodewijk van (Flemish, 1666-1726) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (cartoon creator) [draughtsman] Borcht, Gaspard van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borcht, Pierre van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Borght, Franz van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] (Flemish) c. 1740-1742 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 16'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Lord Lucas & Dingwall coll., Wrest Park, England; sold at Christie's (London) 6/18/1913, lot 142; purchased by Bacri Frères. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. B. C. Foy 6/11/1941 [also lists: 5/29/1943]; sold to North Carolina Museum of Art via Jack Linsky 1/30/1956. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Linsky, New York; gift to North Carolina Museum of Art. North Carolina Museum of Art coll.; sold, Sotheby's (New York), 5/26/1992. United States, New York, New York, Sotheby's, May 26, 1992, lot 236. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right [partially visible in photograph] Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right [partially visible in photograph]: BORGHT Thetis stands to leave Poseidon, seated on rock (R of center, foreground); sea-nymphs & hippocampi frolick in sea (L, middle & background); nymphs look on from rocks (R, background) (BRD) spiraling acanthus leaves around central rod; (UPR BRD) central coat of arms of Maria-Theresa, Empress of Austria Sotheby's sold this panel, along with GCPA 0237837:0237839, as being from the "Triumphs of Gods" series. The Sotheby's catalog (1992) states that this series was commonly woven by Daniel Leniers II & Heinrich Reydams II after designs by Jan van Orley & Augustin Coppens. This panel was probably woven by Gaspard van der Borcht & Franz van der Borght (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 75273-c [also lists: 42430, 20152] Sotheby, European Works of Art (1992), lots 236-2
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