Esther and Ahasuerus. unknown c. 1475-1485 Tapestry Dimensions: H (left) 11' 3/4", (right) 11'2 3/4" x W (top & bottom) 10'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: ; wool (undyed, warp: 5-7/cm); wool & silk (dyed, weft: 30-32/cm) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: A. Tollin coll., Paris. Bourgeois Gallery, Cologne (after 1897). George Hoentschel coll., Paris. J. P. Morgan coll., New York (1909). French & Co. (). Purchased for the MIA by Mrs. Charles Jairus Martin (1916). United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, accno. Inscriptions: Inscript
Esther and Ahasuerus. unknown c. 1475-1485 Tapestry Dimensions: H (left) 11' 3/4", (right) 11'2 3/4" x W (top & bottom) 10'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: ; wool (undyed, warp: 5-7/cm); wool & silk (dyed, weft: 30-32/cm) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: A. Tollin coll., Paris. Bourgeois Gallery, Cologne (after 1897). George Hoentschel coll., Paris. J. P. Morgan coll., New York (1909). French & Co. (). Purchased for the MIA by Mrs. Charles Jairus Martin (1916). United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole at bottom left:.. in dei Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole at bottom center: Hic rumor execrabilis reuelatur sed Inscriptions: Inscription in central field on banderole at bottom right: Rex et aman cum reg[ina].. Inscriptions: Inscriptions in central field identifying figures [some include]: hester, assuere & aman Column divides scene in half; top left, Esther praying against column next to another praying woman; left, Esther kneeling before enthroned Ahasuerus, who holds out his sword to Esther; Haman standing next to Esther (Esther 5:1-4); right, Esther's banquet, with Ahasuerus seated next to her at table, while being served by several male attendants (Esther 5:5-7:10); inscriptions in banderoles at bottom Possibly woven in Tournai. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Adelson, European Tapestry (1994), 36-51, Asselberghs, Tapisserie tournaisienne (1967), 32, Related Works: Other panels in series: GCPA 0240084-0240091; France, Nancy, Musée historique lorrain, 2 panels of "Disobedience of Vashti (Astin)"
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