Pomona amidst fruits of Autumn. unknown c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'9" x W 21' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Sold at Hôtel Drouot (Paris), 4/7/1877, lot 32 (Duc de Berwick et d'Albe sale). Baron D'Erlanger coll. William Randolph Hearst coll., as of 1941. French & Co. Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left Inscriptions: Latin inscription in lower border Standing figure of Pomona, holding piece of fruit in right hand, scene divided by trees into 3
Pomona amidst fruits of Autumn. unknown c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'9" x W 21' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Sold at Hôtel Drouot (Paris), 4/7/1877, lot 32 (Duc de Berwick et d'Albe sale). Baron D'Erlanger coll. William Randolph Hearst coll., as of 1941. French & Co. Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left Inscriptions: Latin inscription in lower border Standing figure of Pomona, holding piece of fruit in right hand, scene divided by trees into 3 months, sowing scene with symbol of scales [=Libra, September] in sky (L); grape gathering & squashing scenes, with symbol of scorpion [=Scorpio, October] in sky (center); figures tending to fatten pigs, with symbol of archer with bow [=centaur=Sagittarius, November] in sky (BRD) garland with flowers & fruit; (UPR BRD) coat of arms of marquis-knight of Order of St. Michael, right of center; (L & R BRD) arabesques; (LWR BRD) inscription, putti near corners Seams at tops of both sides of borders show that top border has been lowered, by comparison with other tapestries in set prove that no more than 2-3" of the field is missing at the top (Cavallo). No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Hearst collection (1941), 277 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0236979-0236982, 0238276; compositionally similar tapestries (similar border): 0238692-0238700 (Story of Phaethon, Set A)
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