Christ the Judge on Throne of Majesty. unknown c. 1500-1510 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'8" x W 30'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp for "27a", 15-16/in.; 5-6/cm); wool (warp for "27b", 15-17/in.; 5-6/cm); wool (warp for "27c", 13-18/in.; 4-5/cm); wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Panel "27a" - Arthur Schikler coll., château Martinvast, near Cherbourg (from ). Panel "27b" - Marquis Henri de Vibraye coll., Château de Bazoches du Morvan, Nièvre (until ); Frédéric Engel-Gros coll., Château de Ripaille, Lake Geneva; sold
Christ the Judge on Throne of Majesty. unknown c. 1500-1510 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'8" x W 30'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp for "27a", 15-16/in.; 5-6/cm); wool (warp for "27b", 15-17/in.; 5-6/cm); wool (warp for "27c", 13-18/in.; 4-5/cm); wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Panel "27a" - Arthur Schikler coll., château Martinvast, near Cherbourg (from ). Panel "27b" - Marquis Henri de Vibraye coll., Château de Bazoches du Morvan, Nièvre (until ); Frédéric Engel-Gros coll., Château de Ripaille, Lake Geneva; sold, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 5/30-6/1/1921, ; acquired by Henry Walters for Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (1921); acquired by Museum by exchanging tapestry with Walters Art Gallery (1953). Panel "27c" - Marquis Henri de Vibraye coll., Château de Bazoches du Morvan, Nièvre (until ); George & Florence Blumenthal coll. (by 1912), given to the museum in 1941. French & Co. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. for "27a". Slender columns divide scenes; left 1/3, scenes from life of Esther & Ahasuerus (Xerxes/Artaxerxes); center, Christ enthroned, before him stand Mercy holding lilies (L) & Justice holding sword (R); 2 groups of figures flanking Christ, secular society (L) & ecclesiastics (R); Adam & Eve (top corners); right, scenes from story of Charlemagne (?) (BRD) vines of flowers & bunches of grapes Possibly woven in Brussels (Campbell). Fragments of 3 or 4 different tapestries have been joined to form this panel. Cavallo's Met catalog distinguishes 3 groups, the left 1/3 being "27a", the center as "27b" & the right 1/3 as "27c". The lower border of "27b" is missing. However, GCPA 0239459 shows the tapestry with all its borders & before it was joined with the other panels (Dimitrova). Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 377-412, Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0239352, 0184318, 023
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