Animal tamers. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1689-1737 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 12'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from T. E. Stebbins, invoiced 8/9/1933; sold to K. T. Keller 7/10/1962. Gift of K. T. Keller to the Detroit Institute of Arts. United States, Mic
Animal tamers. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1689-1737 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 12'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from T. E. Stebbins, invoiced 8/9/1933; sold to K. T. Keller 7/10/1962. Gift of K. T. Keller to the Detroit Institute of Arts. United States, Michigan, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, accno. Architectural screen framing 3 groups of figures; L scene: leopard attacks bull as another leopard watches, sphinx & vase of flowers on L; center scene: 2 showmen put 3 small lions through their paces before heavy curtain suspended from architectural screen; R scene: trainer works with 4 dogs, sphinx & vase of flowers on R; arched trellis above each lateral scene; above trellises: bars of marble molding with suspended arrow trophies; above molding: frieze of light architectural motifs Borders missing. This series comprises six pieces: 3 wide, horizontal panels & 3 upright ones. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 17917 [also liats: 44971] DIA, Woven Splendor (1996), cat. 15, 59-61 Standen, Acts Tapestry Symposium (1979), 209-213 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 441-458 Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 262 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909), 56 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0241202, 0241189 (center scene only); see also Standen, p. 442-444
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