Grape harvest. unknown dated 1664 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'6" x W 12'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8/cm); silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Demotte, invoiced 5/1/1929; sold at Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (Brussels) 11/8/1935. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 6277. Inscriptions: City mark on right guard, center Inscriptions: Date woven in upper border cartouche: 1664 [backwards 4] Group of figures standing & sitting beneath large trees eating grapes & drinking wine; workers pick
Grape harvest. unknown dated 1664 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'6" x W 12'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8/cm); silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Demotte, invoiced 5/1/1929; sold at Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (Brussels) 11/8/1935. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 6277. Inscriptions: City mark on right guard, center Inscriptions: Date woven in upper border cartouche: 1664 [backwards 4] Group of figures standing & sitting beneath large trees eating grapes & drinking wine; workers picking & pressing grapes in vineyard (L & R BRD) vessels filled with flowers & fruit terminating in grape vines; (UPR BRD) bunches of flowers, fruit & animals flank central cartouche with inscription; (LWR BRD) bunches of flowers, fruit & animals flank empty cartouche in center Stock sheet notes that this tapestry was perhaps woven after a cartoon by a pupil of Jan Steen. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 34151 Delmarcel, Bruges et la tapisserie (1987), 448, 449, Related Works: Compositionally similar painting, Philadelphia, Museum of Art, "The Merry-makers"
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