St. Peter Cornelius the Centurion (Acts 10). Campin, Robert (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Beaumetiel, Henri de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] c. 1460 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5' x W 4'5 3/8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Bequeathed to the Cathedral of Beauvais by its bishop Guillaume de Hellande in 1464. French & Co. purchased from Morgan Coll. 9/20/1915; sold to Andrew H. Mellon 3/13/1918. Mrs. Mellon Bruce. United States, District of Colu
St. Peter Cornelius the Centurion (Acts 10). Campin, Robert (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Beaumetiel, Henri de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] c. 1460 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5' x W 4'5 3/8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Bequeathed to the Cathedral of Beauvais by its bishop Guillaume de Hellande in 1464. French & Co. purchased from Morgan Coll. 9/20/1915; sold to Andrew H. Mellon 3/13/1918. Mrs. Mellon Bruce. United States, District of Columbia, Washington (), National Gallery of Art, accno. (formerly C-548). Inscriptions: Inscription in central field at top: Com[m]ent langle se apparu a cornille ce[n]turion / disant q[u] il envoiast querir sai[n]t pierre po[ur] son salut Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole held by angel Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on small banderole on left: Paix (Peace) Within architectural framework, Cornelius the Centurion praying as angel hovers above holding banderole with inscription 1 of 10 known extant fragments. The 2 National Gallery fragments were once part of the same piece, evident by the colonnette situated at the right-side of the "Tabitha" scene which is visibly connected to the architecture on the left-side of the "Centurion" scene. See "Acts 10:1-6" (Kraak). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 3009-a Joubert, Tapisserie médievale Cluny (1987), 17-35, no. 3, fig. 10 Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), 51-55 Weigert, French Tapestry (1962), 57, 58 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240056-0240060 (3 fragments); Beauvais Cathedral (6 fragments); Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1 fragment); another similar set: GCPA 0240054-0240055 (Set A)
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