Cupid preventing Armida from killing Rinaldo. Vouet, Simon (French, 1590-1649) (designed after) [painter] La Planche, Raphael de (French, act. ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1635-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'9" x W 10'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Barberini family (Rome). Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (Washington, ). Hamilton Mark Twombley coll. Sold at Sotheby's (New York), 1/6/1955 (Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly sale), lots 493-502. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc. (Central Casino: Robert Larsen), ;
Cupid preventing Armida from killing Rinaldo. Vouet, Simon (French, 1590-1649) (designed after) [painter] La Planche, Raphael de (French, act. ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1635-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'9" x W 10'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Barberini family (Rome). Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (Washington, ). Hamilton Mark Twombley coll. Sold at Sotheby's (New York), 1/6/1955 (Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly sale), lots 493-502. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc. (Central Casino: Robert Larsen), ; inventoried 3/31/1956; sold to Mrs. E. L. Bray 12/16/1956. United States, California, San Diego, Timken Art Gallery. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right: P [fleur-de-lys] Inscriptions: weaver mark on lower guard, right: R (following the fleur-de-lys) In wooded setting, Armida stands over sleeping Rinaldo as Cupid points bow & arrow (BRD) rinceau ornament; (UPR BRD) centered by classical figure carrying torch in strapwork cartouche supported by putti holding palm fronds & branches of oak & laurel (allusion to Honor); (LWR BRD) centered by reclining soldier in strapwork cartouche flanked by pair of rams heads & pair of putti holding ribbon terminals of festoon, headed by helmet & 4 banners; (L & R BRD) cameo in strapwork cartouche with putto perched on top at mid-point; strapwork cartouches with female figures holding fanfare trumpets in upper corners (allusion to Fame); strapwork cartouches with pairs of satyrs in lower corners Ten panels in set. The initial "R" in the guard of most of the pieces in the set indicates that they may have been woven at the atelier of Raphael de la Planche at the Atelier du faubourg Saint-Marcel or the Atelier du Louvre. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 56038-a Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923), 319-328 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242258-0242267, 0242270-0242285, 0184758, 0188328, 0241804; compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA
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