Cyrus receives message from Harpagos. unknown c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 15'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. received from Joseph Brummer, invoiced 5/25/1929; returned 5/3/1932 [SS 16594]. French & Co. received from Mrs. Edith Strauss 10/29/1947; returned 10/21/1963 [SS 79357]. Cyrus stands with arms extended (R of center); 2 courtiers stand nearby (R, foreground); Harpagos' messenger approaches holding dead hare in which there is concealed message inside (L of center, foreground); man behind
Cyrus receives message from Harpagos. unknown c. 1535-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 15'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. received from Joseph Brummer, invoiced 5/25/1929; returned 5/3/1932 [SS 16594]. French & Co. received from Mrs. Edith Strauss 10/29/1947; returned 10/21/1963 [SS 79357]. Cyrus stands with arms extended (R of center); 2 courtiers stand nearby (R, foreground); Harpagos' messenger approaches holding dead hare in which there is concealed message inside (L of center, foreground); man behind messenger (L, foreground); couple stand near tree, lady-in-waiting sits nearby (L, middle ground); hunt with hounds, grand house (center, background) (BRD) bunches of flowers & fruit on central rod, flowers in corners with oversize balls of fruit; (LWR BRD) 2 birds flank bouquet in center Both stock sheets identify the series of this tapestry as the "History of Archduke Albert & Isabella" & the subject as "Isabella receiving a message". This is probably because the set at the Gardner Museum in Boston had previously been referred to as that series & subject as per the Ffoulke catalog cited below. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 16594-b French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 79357-b Boston (Gardner), Textiles (1986), 48-55, no. 9d Ffoulke, Collection of Tapestries (1913), 88-90 Related Works: Possible panels in set, GCPA 0240850-0240853, 0240855-0240857; another similar set (slightly different borders; Gardner set), GCPA 0240854, 0240862-0240865
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