Triumph of Flora. Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (author of design) [painter] Coppens, Augustin (Flemish, 1668-1740) (author of design) [draughtsman] c. 1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'7" x W 10'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Made by the order of Louis XIV for Madame de Montespan. Marquis of Hertford coll. Richard Wallace coll. Sir Murray Scott coll. French & Co. purchased from Walter H. Weinstein, received 2/19/1962. In landscape park, Flora stands on terrace while being adorned with flower wreath by 3 cherubim, surroun

Triumph of Flora. Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (author of design) [painter] Coppens, Augustin (Flemish, 1668-1740) (author of design) [draughtsman] c. 1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'7" x W 10'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Made by the order of Louis XIV for Madame de Montespan. Marquis of Hertford coll. Richard Wallace coll. Sir Murray Scott coll. French & Co. purchased from Walter H. Weinstein, received 2/19/1962. In landscape park, Flora stands on terrace while being adorned with flower wreath by 3 cherubim, surrounded by 4 attendants & 2 farmers kneeling & holding baskets with fruit & garlands; flaming urn on pedestal & fountain next to Flora; cascading fountain & more figures in background (BRD) picture-frame border with guilloche & rosette-&-acanthus leaf ornament in corners The stock sheet provides provenance information (see below), including that this tapestry was made after a design by Antoine Coupel [Coypel] & formerly decorated the walls of the Pavilion Bagatelle in Paris. Göbel identifies this tapestry as "Flora" & attributes the design of the cartoon to Jan van Orley & Augustin Coppens. He dates the panel about 1755. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, E-345-x Göbel, Tapestries Lowlands (1974), 65, fig. 302 Related Works: Similar (or same) tapestry reproduced in Göbel, fig. 302.

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