Triumph of David. Spierincx, Frans (Flemish, 1551-1630) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1606-1610 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Dutch Weaving Center: Delft Ownership History: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, purchased from Baronne de Gargan 5/1904, lot 72. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Woven signautre in lower inner guard, center: FRANCISCVS SPIRINGIVS FECIT In landscape, women of Israel come out to welcome David, singing, dancing, playing tambourines & lyres (L); David carries severed head of Goliath (R) (1 Samuel 18) (BRD)
Triumph of David. Spierincx, Frans (Flemish, 1551-1630) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1606-1610 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Dutch Weaving Center: Delft Ownership History: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, purchased from Baronne de Gargan 5/1904, lot 72. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Woven signautre in lower inner guard, center: FRANCISCVS SPIRINGIVS FECIT In landscape, women of Israel come out to welcome David, singing, dancing, playing tambourines & lyres (L); David carries severed head of Goliath (R) (1 Samuel 18) (BRD) foliage of flowers & fruit; (UPR & LWR BRD) interspersed with medallions, some with portrait heads, others with foliage; (L & R BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit with stylized cartouches in center; entire border is framed by 2 narrower borders: bead-&-reel molding (inner) & stylized twisting rod (outer) The photograph of the tapestry is made-up of 2 parts: the left-side & the right-side of the full panel. Göbel, Tapestries Lowlands (1974), 91
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