Creation and Fall of Man. unknown c. 1510-1515 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'10" x W 26'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 5-6/cm); wool & silk (dyed, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Cathedral of Toledo (until ). Ascher Wertheimer coll. (1902). Weinberg coll. William Randolph Hearst coll. (). French & Co. United States, California, San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, identifying figure (at top, flanking Trnity): JUSTICIA Holy Trinity ('Trinitas coelestis': Father, So
Creation and Fall of Man. unknown c. 1510-1515 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'10" x W 26'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 5-6/cm); wool & silk (dyed, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Cathedral of Toledo (until ). Ascher Wertheimer coll. (1902). Weinberg coll. William Randolph Hearst coll. (). French & Co. United States, California, San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, identifying figure (at top, flanking Trnity): JUSTICIA Holy Trinity ('Trinitas coelestis': Father, Son & Holy Ghost) enthroned in Paradise at top, flanked by personifications of Mercy (L) & Justice (R); division of light & darkness (top L); creation of firmament & division of waters (bottom L); creation of sun, moon & stars (bottom, L of center); creation of birds & fishes (bottom, R of center); Adam & Eve standing before Trinity (bottom R); Temptation & Fall, along with God expelling Adam & Eve from paradise by angel with flaming sword (top R) (BRD) twisting vines of foliage & flowers Possibly woven in Brussels (Cavallo). The "Redemption of Man" series comprises 10 known compositions. Scholars have compiled comprehensive groupings of extant tapestry panels (both whole & fragmentary). At least 30 surviving panels can be organized within the 10 subjects (see Cavallo & Bennett for further discussions) (Dimitrova). This set comprises 5 panels; only 4 are represented in the Photo Study Collection (Dimitrova). No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Ackerman, Conn 105, no. 465 (June 1940), 187,188 Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 54-77, Wood, BurlMag 20 (January 1912), 210-222 Wood, BurlMag 20 (February 1912), 277-289 Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 421-445, , Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), 91-95, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239386-0239387, 0239403, 0239405-0239406, 0239411-0239412, 0239419-0239421,
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