Grotesque with Triumph of Abundance. Wauters, Michel (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 17' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Jacques Seligmann et fils, ; sold to William Randolph Hearst 4/2/1924 [SS 22708]. French & Co. received from Parish Watson, invoiced 10/19/1938; returned 11/3/1939 [SS 19265]. Given to the Walters Art Gallery by the Hearst Foundation in 1957. United States, Maryland, Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, accno.

Grotesque with Triumph of Abundance. Wauters, Michel (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 17' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Jacques Seligmann et fils, ; sold to William Randolph Hearst 4/2/1924 [SS 22708]. French & Co. received from Parish Watson, invoiced 10/19/1938; returned 11/3/1939 [SS 19265]. Given to the Walters Art Gallery by the Hearst Foundation in 1957. United States, Maryland, Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, accno. Personification of Abundance in slender loggia, under canopy & arches of foliage surmounted by Atlas supporting globe, flanked by 2 oval spaces with lamps & candelabra, & between these medallion with Leda & swan on L & medallion with Hygeia & serpent on R, supported by herms whose bodies terminate in candelabra-like shapes; grotesque ornament around these motifs include Jupiter (Zeus) on eagle's back in upper L, & Mercury (Hermes) in upper R (BRD) garland with fruit & flowers: (UPR & LWR BRD) centered by trophies, (L & R BRD) candelabra at mid-points Copy after a 16th century French tapestry. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19265 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 22708 Woldbye, AT 6 (1965), 75-92 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: Copenhagen, Rosenborg Castle, "Flora" (Woldbye, fig. 1)

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