Drowning of Britomartis. Dubreuil, Toussaint (French, 1561-1602) (author of design) [painter] c. 1630-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'10" x W 11'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Sol Mindlin, received 1/4/1961; sold to Service des Monuments Historiques 6/7/1963. At edge of water, Diana, accompanied by 3 hunting maidens & hunting dog, reaches out towards drowning Britomartis (foreground); farther along the bank King Minos with raised arms, accompanied by Cupid, observes drowning Britomartis; farther in d
Drowning of Britomartis. Dubreuil, Toussaint (French, 1561-1602) (author of design) [painter] c. 1630-1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'10" x W 11'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Sol Mindlin, received 1/4/1961; sold to Service des Monuments Historiques 6/7/1963. At edge of water, Diana, accompanied by 3 hunting maidens & hunting dog, 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 L background King Minos chases Britomartis; in R background Diana hands net to 2 men; round temple visible beyond (UPR BRD) cartouche with wreath flanked by putti & festoons; (LWR BRD) dog's head resting on oval cartouche with unidentified scene, flanked by festoons; (L & R BRD) animal head & torch flanked by fruit & flowers overlying crossed spears with standing hunter at top & crouching hunter at bottom There are 5 panels in this set. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, D-312-x Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923), 231-240 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0245149-0245153; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0245137 (Vienna), 0245145 (Set F), 0245169 (Set G), 0245154 (Set I), 0244734 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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