St. Peter and Tabitha (Dorcas) (Acts 9:36-42). Campin, Robert (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Beaumetiel, Henri de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] c. 1460 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5' x W 3'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Bequeathed to the Cathedral of Beauvais by its bishop Guillaume de Hellande in 1464. French & Co. purchased from the Morgan Coll. 9/20/1915; sold to Andrew H. Mellon 3/13/1918. Mrs. Mellon Bruce. Lent to the Metropolitan
St. Peter and Tabitha (Dorcas) (Acts 9:36-42). Campin, Robert (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Beaumetiel, Henri de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] c. 1460 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5' x W 3'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Bequeathed to the Cathedral of Beauvais by its bishop Guillaume de Hellande in 1464. French & Co. purchased from the Morgan Coll. 9/20/1915; sold to Andrew H. Mellon 3/13/1918. Mrs. Mellon Bruce. Lent to the Metropolitan Museum of art by Andrew W. Mellon in 1928 for an exhibition of French Gothic Tapestries. United States, District of Columbia, Washington (), National Gallery of Art, accno. (formerly C-547). Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole: Com[m]ent an Joppe sai[n]t Pierre resuscita / thabita fem[m]e bonne aumosniere Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on small banderoles throughout composition: Paix (Peace) Tabitha is raised from dead by Peter's prayer 1 of 10 known extant fragments. The 2 National Gallery fragments were once part of the same piece, evident by the colonnette situated at the right-side of the "Tabitha" scene which is visibly connected to the architecture on the left-side of the "Centurion" scene. See "Acts 9:36-42" (Kraak). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 3009-b New York (Met), French Gothic tapestries (1928) Joubert, Tapisserie médievale Cluny (1987), 17-35, no. 3, fig. 9 Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), 51-55 Weigert, French Tapestry (1962), 57, 58 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240056-0240060 (3 fragments); Beauvais Cathedral (6 fragments); Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1 fragment); another similar set: GCPA 0240054-0240055 (Set A)
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