Triumph of Hope. unknown c. 1530-1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, Inc. 1927; sold to William Randolph Hearst 10/24/1928. United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on lower guard, right [partially legible in photograph] Inscriptions: Inscriptions identifying figures in central field [some include]: AQVIIO, BORGAS, VVLTRVRN, MANSSES & DANIEL Inscriptions: Inscription in upper
Triumph of Hope. unknown c. 1530-1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, Inc. 1927; sold to William Randolph Hearst 10/24/1928. United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on lower guard, right [partially legible in photograph] Inscriptions: Inscriptions identifying figures in central field [some include]: AQVIIO, BORGAS, VVLTRVRN, MANSSES & DANIEL Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border banderole: Irruat horribilis quamquam presentia mortis / Tuta tamen spes est in bonitate dei Personification of Hope sits at stern of ship & bird cage hangs behind her (top, L); personifications of winds (Vvltvrnvs, Southwest Wind & Borcas, or Boreas, North Wind) blow bellows of ship apart (top, center); Old Testament figures pray (foreground) to figure of God (upper R); King Manasseh in stocks while in captivity in Babylon (bottom L); Daniel in lion's den (bottom R) (BRD) foliage of flowers & fruit; (UPR BRD) banderole with inscription This set comprises 7 panels; only 3 are represented in the Photo Study Collection. 3 panels are at the Fine Arts Museums of San Fransciso (of which only 2 are represented here: "Fortitude" & "Justice"; while "Prudence" is not), 2 are at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina ("Faith" & "Charity"), 1 is at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh ("Hope") & the location for "Temperance" is unknown (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 30521-b Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 99-101, fig. 54 Souchal, Acts Tapestry Symposium (1979), 103-153, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238402-0238405, 0184188 (see notes)
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