Portière of fame. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (designed after) [painter] c. 1690-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'3" x W 7'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Prince Esterhazy coll., Vienna. Mrs. E. H.[Edward Henry] Harriman coll. French & Co. purchased from Mr. N. Stone, 2/17/1954; sold to the Philadelphia Museum of Art 6/5/1962. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, accno. 1962-101-1. Cartouche with arms of France & Navarre flanked by 2 female allegorical figures (=Victory & Fame?) emerg
Portière of fame. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (designed after) [painter] c. 1690-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'3" x W 7'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Prince Esterhazy coll., Vienna. Mrs. E. H.[Edward Henry] Harriman coll. French & Co. purchased from Mr. N. Stone, 2/17/1954; sold to the Philadelphia Museum of Art 6/5/1962. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, accno. 1962-101-1. Cartouche with arms of France & Navarre flanked by 2 female allegorical figures (=Victory & Fame?) emerging from cornucopias; 2 cherubim hold crown at top; display of trophies & armor at bottom; scene enclosed by egg-&-dart frame (BRD) laurel & oak leaf garland, acanthus rosette in corners & midpoints 3rd version of composition. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 79124 [also lists: 39483] Fénaille, Gobelins 2 (1903-1923), 1-8 Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 2-9, pl. Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 120-21 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243892-0243894, 0243896-0243897, 0243899-0243900, 0243903, 0243906, 0243912
Size: 9590px × 7699px
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