Venus and Cupid with chariot. Cleyn, Franz (German, 1582-1658) (cartoon creator) [painter] Maecht, Philipp de (Flemish, act. 1605-1652, d. ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1620-1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'7" x W 7'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool Culture: English Weaving Center: Mortlake Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mr. Hiss 12/9/1916; returned 10/30/1920. Edmund W. Mudge coll., Pittsburgh. United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Mortlake city mark [not visible in photograph] Venus walks (L, middle ground)

Venus and Cupid with chariot. Cleyn, Franz (German, 1582-1658) (cartoon creator) [painter] Maecht, Philipp de (Flemish, act. 1605-1652, d. ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1620-1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'7" x W 7'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool Culture: English Weaving Center: Mortlake Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mr. Hiss 12/9/1916; returned 10/30/1920. Edmund W. Mudge coll., Pittsburgh. United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Mortlake city mark [not visible in photograph] Venus walks (L, middle ground) with Cupid following in chariot (center, middle ground), (BRD) arabesques with portrait medallions in corners & (LWR BRD) center; (L & R BRD) lion-skin banners; (UPR BRD) grotesques, coat of arms (center), possibly of Charles-Auguste de Goyon, Comte de Matignon Borders added after tapestry woven. There are several sets of this series. See Siple's atricle (pp. 268-278) for a full description of the subject, related works & bibliography. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 10290-a Thomson, , Tapestry in England (1914), 71 Hunter, Tapestries History (1913), 122, 123, 126, 127 Thomson, History of Tapestry (1930), 282, 283 Siple, BurlMag 74 (June 1939), 268-278 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0181931-0181938; other panel in series, GCPA 0181920

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