battle scene. Mander, Karel van II (Flemish, ) (author of design workshop) [painter weaver] dated 1619 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'10" x W 7'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Dutch Weaving Center: Delft Ownership History: San Donato sale (Prince Paul Demidoff), Florence, 1880. Mr. Breed [?]. French & Co. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower inner guard, center: MANDER FECIT AN 1619 Fallen man (L, foreground); soldier with sword raised (L, middle ground); fights opposing men (center & R, middle ground); man kneeling toward soldier, as another behind him holds up
battle scene. Mander, Karel van II (Flemish, ) (author of design workshop) [painter weaver] dated 1619 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'10" x W 7'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Dutch Weaving Center: Delft Ownership History: San Donato sale (Prince Paul Demidoff), Florence, 1880. Mr. Breed [?]. French & Co. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower inner guard, center: MANDER FECIT AN 1619 Fallen man (L, foreground); soldier with sword raised (L, middle ground); fights opposing men (center & R, middle ground); man kneeling toward soldier, as another behind him holds up spear (BRD) stylized foliage motif with birds, wreaths in corners This panel is 1 out of a set of 9; all sold from the Palace of San Donato in Florence in 1880 by Prince Paul Demidoff. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Amsterdam, (Rijks.), Dawn of the Golden Age (1993), 424, 425, no. 82 Göbel, Tapestries Lowlands (1974), 91 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), Palais San Donato (Mar. 15 1880), lot 109 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0181783-0181786; stylistically similar tapestry, (same border; see Göbel, 1923, ).
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