Pig slaughtering. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) [painter] c. 1710-1730 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4' x W 3'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co., purchased from Lorenz Kleiser, 3/21/1935; sold to V. & C. [Vigo & Charles] Sternberg 3/26/1962. Man sharpening knife next to pig & boy; woman holds out a stick with receptacle to catch blood; figures stand nearby; man on horse-drawn cart passes by in background (BRD) line with stripped circles Borders possibly fragments from a later date (?); lower sect
Pig slaughtering. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) [painter] c. 1710-1730 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4' x W 3'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co., purchased from Lorenz Kleiser, 3/21/1935; sold to V. & C. [Vigo & Charles] Sternberg 3/26/1962. Man sharpening knife next to pig & boy; woman holds out a stick with receptacle to catch blood; figures stand nearby; man on horse-drawn cart passes by in background (BRD) line with stripped circles Borders possibly fragments from a later date (?); lower section of central field pieced in. Scene is possibly borrowed from a Teniers design by English weavers to represent "Winter" for "Months" series. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 39892-d [also lists: 18370-d] Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 101-110 Marillier, Teniers Tapestries (1932), 103-110
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