Battle of Actium and flight of Antony. Egmont, Justus van (Dutch, 1601-1674) (author of design) [painter] Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Strecken, Geraert van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'9" x W 8' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 20-22/in.; 8-9/cm); wool & silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll., Rome (?). King Ludwig of Bavaria (d. 1886) (?). Sypher & Co., New York sold to Mr. William Coles; bequea
Battle of Actium and flight of Antony. Egmont, Justus van (Dutch, 1601-1674) (author of design) [painter] Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Strecken, Geraert van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'9" x W 8' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 20-22/in.; 8-9/cm); wool & silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll., Rome (?). King Ludwig of Bavaria (d. 1886) (?). Sypher & Co., New York sold to Mr. William Coles; bequeathed to museum by Mrs. William Coles (Elizabeth U. Coles) in 1892. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left of center Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banner: SPQB [for SPQR] Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche, in center [partially legible in photograph]: ANTONIVS APERTO / NAVALI PRAELIO / A ROMANIS DEBELLATVR / ET FVGIT Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right of center: IAN VAN LEEFDAEL Antony wearing helmet with dragon crest stands in boat with Cleopatra behind him under canopy (L, middle ground); another boat approaches rowed by 2 naked men, another man blows horn & 2 men with spears stand up, 1 holds inscribed banner (center, foreground); boats on water (R, background) (L & R BRD) cherub flies down to bowl of fruit, eagles, playing cherubim; (UPR BRD) egg-&-dart molding, garlands of flowers & fruit flank central cartouche with inscription; (LWR BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit flank central cartouche with landscape 5 tapestries in set of probably 8 or more. Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), I:206-217, no. 32d Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), pl. x, ca Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239788-0239789 (Ref. 32a), 0239792-0239793 (Ref. 32b), 0239798:2938799 (32c), 0239811-0239812, 0240814 (32d), 0240815-0240817 (32e); ano
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