Christ among doctors and marriage-feast at Cana. unknown c. 1480-1500 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4'4" x W 11'4" (before cut down) Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Bayeux Cathedral. [SS 10323]. G. Hoentschel coll. [SS 10323]. J. Pierpont Morgan coll. [SS 10323]. French & Co. purchased from J. P. Morgan coll., []. [SS 10323]. Clarence Hungerford Mackay coll. (before 1925) [SS 10323]. GCPA 0239533: bequest of Preston Pope Satterwhite 1949. GCPA 0239543: French & Co. purchased from P. P. Satterwhite; possibly sold to Countess Mathi
Christ among doctors and marriage-feast at Cana. unknown c. 1480-1500 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4'4" x W 11'4" (before cut down) Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Bayeux Cathedral. [SS 10323]. G. Hoentschel coll. [SS 10323]. J. Pierpont Morgan coll. [SS 10323]. French & Co. purchased from J. P. Morgan coll., []. [SS 10323]. Clarence Hungerford Mackay coll. (before 1925) [SS 10323]. GCPA 0239533: bequest of Preston Pope Satterwhite 1949. GCPA 0239543: French & Co. purchased from P. P. Satterwhite; possibly sold to Countess Mathilde M. de Brinska 3/16/1968. United States, Kentucky, Louisville, Speed Art Museum, accno. & Christ's dispute with the doctors in temple, he counts his arguments on his fingers before group of elderly scribes (Luke 2:41-52); Virgin Mary, bride groom & several disciples sitting around table, as Christ orders 6 jars to be filled with water (John 2:1-11) This tapestry was cut down in 3 panels, possibly by French & Co. GCPA 0239530, 0239532:0239533 are French & Co. photographs showing the tapestry before it was cut down; GCPA 0239528:0239529, 0239543 show panels after tapestry was cut down. The location of the panel illustrating "Mary & Joseph's arrival in temple" is unknown. These panels were part of a set of 6 pieces illustrating the "Story of the Virgin", commissioned by Léon Conseil, chancellor of the Bayeux Cathedral, & given by him to the Bayeux Cathedral in 1499. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 10323-b [also lists: 19653] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19850 Joubert, Tapisserie médiévale Cluny (1987), 60-65 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239528-0239533, 0239535, 0239543; Paris, Musée Cluny, Ref. Cl. 22865, "Léon Conseil"; Paris, Musée Cluny, Ref. 22866, "Annunciation, Visitation, Mary & Joseph"
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