Bacchanalian children. unknown c. 1690 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: Mortlake Ownership History: French & Co. 2 boys playing with 3 satyrs, satyr climbs tree (L) in which boy stands on limb, boy on ground (center), 2 satyrs dance & play music (R), architectural scene with fountain (background) (BRD) bead-&-reel molding Fragment; left-half of original design of tapestry. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 24-26 Related Works: Stylistically similar tapestries: GCPA 0181837-0181840, 0181842-018184
Bacchanalian children. unknown c. 1690 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: Mortlake Ownership History: French & Co. 2 boys playing with 3 satyrs, satyr climbs tree (L) in which boy stands on limb, boy on ground (center), 2 satyrs dance & play music (R), architectural scene with fountain (background) (BRD) bead-&-reel molding Fragment; left-half of original design of tapestry. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 24-26 Related Works: Stylistically similar tapestries: GCPA 0181837-0181840, 0181842-0181844, 0184124; particularly similar to GCPA 0181840 (full design) & GCPA 0181842 (fragment: right-half of original tapestry design); similar to tapestry reproduced in Marillier, pl. 10a, formerly in possession of Mrs. Wrangham
Size: 9270px × 7937px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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