Phaethon is buried by nymphs while the Heliades turn into trees. Leyniers, Jan (Flemish, 1630-1686) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'2" x W 18'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from J. P. Morgan, invoiced 11/25/1932 [SS 17698]. Inscriptions: City mark in lower guard, right side Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, R: Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, central cartouche: CORPOREDANT / TVMVLOSIGNANT / CARMINEQVOQVE / NVMPHAE Inscriptions: Inscription
Phaethon is buried by nymphs while the Heliades turn into trees. Leyniers, Jan (Flemish, 1630-1686) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'2" x W 18'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from J. P. Morgan, invoiced 11/25/1932 [SS 17698]. Inscriptions: City mark in lower guard, right side Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, R: Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, central cartouche: CORPOREDANT / TVMVLOSIGNANT / CARMINEQVOQVE / NVMPHAE Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, L: VICTORIA Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, R: SPQR Grouped around Phaethon's grave, marked by an obelisk, the Heliades are changed into poplar-trees while weeping over Phaethon's grave; Apollo (Phoebus) & others on R (BRD) ornament with flowers, trophies, busts & putti The compositions of the [central] fields in this set of 8 tapestries were designed & first woven more than a hundred years earlier [than this set]. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 17698-d French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 9586 ArtNews December 9 (1933), 70 Wadsworth Atheneum Bulletin 6 (1928), 30-33 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238701-0238716
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