Game of croquet. Leclerc, Jean (French, 1587-1633) (designed after) [printmaker] c. 1625-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'1" x W 12'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mrs. Alfred E. Dieterich 12/11/1952; returned 1/7/1960. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left at top: TANDIS QVE TE TROUVE A MON AISE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left of center at top: IL TE PRIT MON AMY JACQVT /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left of cente
Game of croquet. Leclerc, Jean (French, 1587-1633) (designed after) [printmaker] c. 1625-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'1" x W 12'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mrs. Alfred E. Dieterich 12/11/1952; returned 1/7/1960. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left at top: TANDIS QVE TE TROUVE A MON AISE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left of center at top: IL TE PRIT MON AMY JACQVT /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, left of center at middle: IL NEST CHOSE QVE TANT ME PLAISE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, right at top: AV TEMPS DES TE QVE LE VERT DVRE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, right in middle: PVIS QVE JE TIENS GROSSE BERGERE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, right at bottom: GOMBAVLT TA MAIN EST TROP LEGERE /.. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole, right of center at bottom: PASSER DEVX PAS NEST PAS AQVEST /.. In landscape, 2 female figures play game of croquet; couple looks on as another couple kisses; shepherd & shepherdess recline on grass & watch game; farmhouse with waterwheel (L background); village (R background) (L & R BRD) niche with spindle, knife & scissors, flanked by vases of flowers with bunches of fruit; (UPR BRD) bagpipes flanked by bunches of flowers & grapes interspersed with cherubim, grotesque faces in corners; (LWR BRD) bagpipes flanked by satyrs & grotesques, rams's heads in corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 52716-x Delmarcel, Bruges et la tapisserie (1987), 248-285, no. 21 Luxemburg, Flemish Tapestries (1995), 44,45, Related Works: Set in series, France, Saint-Lô, Musée d'Art, "Gombaut et Macée" (6 panels); compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA GCPA 0241530, 0244097 (composition reversed), Mechelen, De Wit Collection; iconographically related tapes
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