Ulysses (Odysseus) feigns madness. Hecke, Jan van den (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'9" x W 8'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. William Armour 6/21/1948 [SS 79859]. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom Ulysses plows with ox & ass yoked together, & at same time sows salt; Palamedes places young Telemachus in front of plow, which makes Ulysses give in by avoiding his son (BRD) scenes & figures i
Ulysses (Odysseus) feigns madness. Hecke, Jan van den (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'9" x W 8'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. William Armour 6/21/1948 [SS 79859]. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom Ulysses plows with ox & ass yoked together, & at same time sows salt; Palamedes places young Telemachus in front of plow, which makes Ulysses give in by avoiding his son (BRD) scenes & figures interspersed with vases of flowers; (UPR BRD) 3 women & basket of flowers; (LWR BRD) man & woman in boat; man next to boat; (L BRD) woman next to table with box on it; (R BRD) man & woman wearing crowns, standing in landscape; in each corner, female figure seated beneath arch Weaver's mark in Göbel similar to one on panel. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 79859 [also lists: 46234] Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923),
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