The People's requests. Caron, Antoine (French, 1520/21-1599) (author of design) [painter] Maecht, Philipp de (Flemish, act. 1605-1652, d. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1610-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'10' x W 4' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: The Timken Art Gallery panels are from a set acquired by Duke Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy between 1615 & 1620. French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, received 9/15/1927; sold to The Putman Foundation (Timken Art Gallery) 3/5/1965. United States, California, San Diego, Timken Art Galle
The People's requests. Caron, Antoine (French, 1520/21-1599) (author of design) [painter] Maecht, Philipp de (Flemish, act. 1605-1652, d. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1610-1625 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'10' x W 4' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: The Timken Art Gallery panels are from a set acquired by Duke Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy between 1615 & 1620. French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, received 9/15/1927; sold to The Putman Foundation (Timken Art Gallery) 3/5/1965. United States, California, San Diego, Timken Art Gallery. Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom: ("F" resting within "M") Inscriptions: unidentified weaver mark on right guard, bottom: red carnation Man & woman read scroll held by man; heads of 4 figures behind them; in architectural setting with paved floor, 2 classical columns & entablature with frieze (UPR BRD) cartouche with the arms of Savoy; (LWR BRD) cartouche with monogram: A M (Anne of Austria: Anna Mauricia) Entrefenêtre. Left 1/6 of the full composition. The unidentified weaver mark (red carnation) is associated with the weavings of the faubourg Saint-Marcel. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 15199-d Fénaille, Gobelins 1 (1903-1923), 164 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 1 (1985), 273 Ehrmann, BullSocHistArtFrançais 1964 (1965), 28 Viale, Arazzi e tappeti antichi (1952), 93-97 Timken Museum of Art (1996), 110, cat. 20 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0244099-0244102, 0239819-0239820; "Soldat," "Philosophe," Paris, City of Paris coll. (Ehrmann, p. 28); "Artémise," Paris, private coll. (Ehrmann, p. 28); 12 additional pieces published (Viale, p. 93-97); the Caron drawings for this series are in Paris at the Louvre & the Cabinet des Estampes of the Bibliothèque Nationale
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