Tobias' return: healing of Tobit. unknown c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; unidentified weaver mark on right guard, bottom Within architectural setting, angel Raphael disappears into sky; at far L, Tobias puts gall of fish on his father's eyes; at L in niche, Tobias & Anna (Anne) (?) (Tobit 10-13) (BRD) bunches of oversize flowers & fruit against palm tree trunk motif interspersed with birds Weaver's mark may refer to a membe
Tobias' return: healing of Tobit. unknown c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; unidentified weaver mark on right guard, bottom Within architectural setting, angel Raphael disappears into sky; at far L, Tobias puts gall of fish on his father's eyes; at L in niche, Tobias & Anna (Anne) (?) (Tobit 10-13) (BRD) bunches of oversize flowers & fruit against palm tree trunk motif interspersed with birds Weaver's mark may refer to a member of the Guebels family of Brussels weavers; not precisely that of anyone new[ly] documented. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 33229-b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239179-0239184, 0239186
Size: 9018px × 8195px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
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