Bacchanalian children. unknown c. 1670 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'10" x W 17'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. received from Robert Mazaltov 11/20/1956; returned 6/25/1959. Boys gathering grapes, some are in trees, others dance & play on ground (BRD) garland of flowers, fruit & grapes, framed between 2 narrow strips of "ball & reed" design Designs for English tapestry panels with subjects of boys gathering grapes derive from 16th century tapestry panels known as "Giuochi di Putti" that were woven in either Ferrara o
Bacchanalian children. unknown c. 1670 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'10" x W 17'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. received from Robert Mazaltov 11/20/1956; returned 6/25/1959. Boys gathering grapes, some are in trees, others dance & play on ground (BRD) garland of flowers, fruit & grapes, framed between 2 narrow strips of "ball & reed" design Designs for English tapestry panels with subjects of boys gathering grapes derive from 16th century tapestry panels known as "Giuochi di Putti" that were woven in either Ferrara or Mantua after c. 1540 designs by Giulio Romano (1499-1546). Several panels exist from various sets (see: V&A catalog 1980, no. 66, pp. 67-70, pls. 94B-95 for description & extensive bibliography; Forti Grazzini book, pp. 161-188). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 57404 V & A, Tapestry Collection (1980), 67-70, no. 66, pls. 94B-95 Forti Grazzini, L'arazzo ferrarese (1982), 161-188 V & A, Catalogue of Tapestries (1924), 17, no. 3A Thomson, , Tapestry in England (1914), 62, 64, 65 Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. 1 (1986), 236-240, series 33 Barcelona, Tapices y Armaduras (1992), 96, 97 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 136 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), pl. 100 Related Works: Similar tapestry: GCPA 0181846; similar English tapestry panels from same time period, 1 is a fragment (of upper portion of tapestry panel without borders) of about same time period (see: V&A catalog, 1924, p. 17, no. 3A, pl. IV); another is reproduced (see: Tapestry Weaving in England, pp. 62, 64, 65); earlier tapestry set (c. 1560) with same subject matter in Madrid, Palacio Real, Juegos de Niños, ref. A. 359-12112, A. 363-12281:12283, attributed to the Brussels manufacturer of Wilhelm de Pannemaker (act. 1535-1578) & also woven after cartoons by Giulio Romano (see: Catalogo de Tapices, pp. 236-240, series 33); fourth panel of series entitled, "Emparrados y niños cogiendo uvas" is re
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