Large-leaf verdure with rhinoceros and other African animals. unknown c. 1550-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'4" x W 17'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Grammont Ownership History: French & Co. Belgium, East Flanders, Ghent, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: unidentified weaver mark on lower guard, right Rhinoceros flanked by lion & dog, & observed by monkey, crocodile & birds inhabit greenery composed of scrolling acanthus-like leaves, flowers & fruit (BRD) female allegorical figures in corners; grot
Large-leaf verdure with rhinoceros and other African animals. unknown c. 1550-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'4" x W 17'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Grammont Ownership History: French & Co. Belgium, East Flanders, Ghent, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: unidentified weaver mark on lower guard, right Rhinoceros flanked by lion & dog, & observed by monkey, crocodile & birds inhabit greenery composed of scrolling acanthus-like leaves, flowers & fruit (BRD) female allegorical figures in corners; grotesques interspersed with masks, fruit-&-flower filled vases, bunches of flowers; inner band of wave-motif; outer guilloche band The city mark is rarely found in surviving examples [of large-leaf verdure] but is very important when it is, since it has become traditional to attribute large-leaf verdures to Grammont, Enghien or St. Trond. This is an important document (Cavallo). Boccara notes that a similar rhinoceros appears in the 1515 print by Dürer (Bartsch VII 136) (Steele). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 32892 Boccara, Ames de laine (1988), 70-71 Related Works: Iconographically similar tapestry (similar rhinoceros), Helsingor, Krönborg Castle.
Size: 11000px × 6796px
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