Ariadne kills one of two Scythians who fought over her. Vignon, Claude (French, 1593-1670) (designed after) [painter] Maecht, Philipp de (Flemish, act. 1605-1652, d. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1640-1650 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Raoul Heilbronner (Paris) 1901. Sold from Stamford White coll., 1907, lot 255. Private coll., possibly in France, 1970. Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom In landscape setting, Ariadne points bow & arrow towards 2 Scythians wrestling on ground (L foreground), as soldier followed b
Ariadne kills one of two Scythians who fought over her. Vignon, Claude (French, 1593-1670) (designed after) [painter] Maecht, Philipp de (Flemish, act. 1605-1652, d. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1640-1650 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Raoul Heilbronner (Paris) 1901. Sold from Stamford White coll., 1907, lot 255. Private coll., possibly in France, 1970. Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom In landscape setting, Ariadne points bow & arrow towards 2 Scythians wrestling on ground (L foreground), as soldier followed by 2 others enters in R middle ground (BRD) floral garland; (UPR & LWR BRD) centered by landscape cartouches; (L & R BRD) cartouches with figural scenes at mid-points; corners: pair of putti within acanthus spirals reaching for pair of interlace snakes above, with mask at base Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 99-100
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