Final assault on the boar. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Lacroix, Jean de II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Mozin, Jean-Baptiste (French, act. 1667-d. 1693) (workshop) [weaver] 1692-1693 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'2" x W 17'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 19-21/inch) Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Garde Meuble (1693-ca. 1789). Château de Fontainebleau (ca. 1789). Probably in Mme. d'Houdemare coll. (bef. 1903). A. Doucet, Paris (1909). Mrs. Whitelaw Reid co
Final assault on the boar. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Lacroix, Jean de II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Mozin, Jean-Baptiste (French, act. 1667-d. 1693) (workshop) [weaver] 1692-1693 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'2" x W 17'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 19-21/inch) Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Garde Meuble (1693-ca. 1789). Château de Fontainebleau (ca. 1789). Probably in Mme. d'Houdemare coll. (bef. 1903). A. Doucet, Paris (1909). Mrs. Whitelaw Reid coll., Ophir Hall, Purchase, New York; sold at American Art Association--Anderson Galleries (New York), 5/14/1935, lot 950. French & Co. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Hunter or horseback prepares to spear boar, as hunting dogs attack boar (center); other hunters rush to scene (L & R); set in wooded landscape (UPR BRD) band of fruit, foliage & flowers centered by medallion with Libra; (LWR BRD) band of marine grotesques; (L & R BRD) palm trunk with scrolling fruit & floral garland, vases at bottom 3rd weaving. 2nd low-warp weaving. Although the border shows sign of Libra for the month of December, the subject of this tapestry is December. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Fénaille, Gobelins 2 (1903-1923), 299-322 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), ?? Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 1 (1985), 308-15 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0244308-0244311, 0244314-0244318, 0244320-0244325, 1 panel at Fontainebleau (February), 1 panel at Ville de Paris (August), 1 panel at Philadelphia Museum of Art (November)
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