Sylvia and Daphne hunting with their hounds. unknown c. 1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'4" x W 10'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Cardinal Francesco Barberini coll. Palazzo Barberini (Rome). Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (Washington, D. C.). Sold at Sotheby's (New York) 6/15-16/1955 (Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly sale), lot 548-555. French & Co. purchased from Central Casino (Robert Larsen), Antiquities Inc., (probably 1955 or 1956; sold to Mrs. Arturo Lopez Willshaw 1/22/1959. Sold at Sotheby's (New York), 6/16/1978, lot 187. Inscrip
Sylvia and Daphne hunting with their hounds. unknown c. 1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'4" x W 10'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Cardinal Francesco Barberini coll. Palazzo Barberini (Rome). Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (Washington, D. C.). Sold at Sotheby's (New York) 6/15-16/1955 (Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly sale), lot 548-555. French & Co. purchased from Central Casino (Robert Larsen), Antiquities Inc., (probably 1955 or 1956; sold to Mrs. Arturo Lopez Willshaw 1/22/1959. Sold at Sotheby's (New York), 6/16/1978, lot 187. Inscriptions: Unidentified weaver mark on right guard, bottom: red carnation Inscriptions: city mark on lower guard, right: P [fleur-de-lys] Sylvia holds bow from which she has just shot arrow as Daphne, kneeling, holds leashes of 2 hounds (UPR & LWR BRD) centered by strapwork cartouche with bow, quiver & crossed torches (& pair of suspended festoons in upper border) flanked by (putti, in upper border, &) vases of flowers; (L & R BRD) strapwork cartouche with putto holding 2 torches at mid-point, with caryatid putto supporting vase of flowers above, & suspended basket of flowers & bouquet below; strapwork cartouches with bow, arrow & torch in corners Unidentified weaver mark of the red carnation may indicate the atelier of Phillip de Maecht & Hans Tayer. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 56039-e [stock sheet says "C"] Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923), 355-358 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242238-0242252
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