Drowning of Britomartis. Dubreuil, Toussaint (French, 1561-1602) (author of design) [painter] c. 1625-1630 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'4" x W 6'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right: P [fleur-de-lys] At edge of water, Diana, accompanied by hunting maiden, reaches out towards drowning Britomartis (foreground); farther along the bank King Minos with raised arms, accompanied by Cupid, observes drowning Britomartis; farther in distance, men on boat retrieve body of Britomartis in n

Drowning of Britomartis. Dubreuil, Toussaint (French, 1561-1602) (author of design) [painter] c. 1625-1630 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'4" x W 6'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right: P [fleur-de-lys] At edge of water, Diana, accompanied by hunting maiden, reaches out towards drowning Britomartis (foreground); farther along the bank King Minos with raised arms, accompanied by Cupid, observes drowning Britomartis; farther in distance, men on boat retrieve body of Britomartis in net; in R background Diana hands net to 2 men; temple visible beyond (UPR BRD) cartouche with coat of arms of Monseigneur Dominique Séquier (1593-1659), flanked by putti & festoons; (LWR BRD) mask resting on oval cartouche with scene with bathing (?) female figures Entrefenêtre. Monseigneur Dominique Séquier, whose arms appear in the upper border was Bishop 1632-1637, & Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit 1649 (which does not appear as a collar of the Order in this marshalling of his arms). There are 2 panels in this set. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 33886 Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923), 231-240 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0245154, 0245170; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0245160 (Cincinnati), 0245136 (Vienna), 0245166 (Set H)

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