Armorial portière. Clerc, Jerome le (Flemish, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1690-1710 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'6" X w 10'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Mm. Hamburger coll., Paris. French & Co. purchased from Felix Gouled, invoiced 5/14/1936; business transacted with Stanley Harte 4/1/1941 & 11/27/1942 [SS 40159]. French & Co. purchased from Stanley Harte, [SS 75208]. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right of center [only partially visible on GCPA 0236272] Inscriptions: Woven s


Armorial portière. Clerc, Jerome le (Flemish, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1690-1710 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'6" X w 10'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Mm. Hamburger coll., Paris. French & Co. purchased from Felix Gouled, invoiced 5/14/1936; business transacted with Stanley Harte 4/1/1941 & 11/27/1942 [SS 40159]. French & Co. purchased from Stanley Harte, [SS 75208]. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right of center [only partially visible on GCPA 0236272] Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: LE CLERC [not visible on GCPA 0236272] Coat of arms of noble knight of Golden Fleece [arms of Visconti-Arese family] surmounted with crown, supported by figures of Fame with trumpets (center, suspended in air); landscape scene (center, background); coat of arms enframed by architectural structure with putti & cherubim, large vases, female statue-columns, garlands of flowers; cartouche with female figure of Victory with wreath & spear (center, at top) Exhibited at the Exposition d'Art Ancien Bruxellois, in Brussels, 1905. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 40159 [also lists: 42329] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 75208 Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 198,199, no. 58 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0242993; San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums, Ref. , "Portière with Arms of Visconti family"


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