Aeneas and Achates reach Carthage, where building is in progress . unknown c. 1550-1570 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'5" x W 17'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from American Art Association (Charles sale) 1920. United States, South Carolina, Greenville, Bob Jones University Collection of Sacred Art. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field identifying figures [some include; on hems of clothes]: AENEAS, ACHATES Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: SEPTEM PROSTERNIT CERVOS COMITATVS ACHATE
Aeneas and Achates reach Carthage, where building is in progress . unknown c. 1550-1570 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'5" x W 17'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from American Art Association (Charles sale) 1920. United States, South Carolina, Greenville, Bob Jones University Collection of Sacred Art. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field identifying figures [some include; on hems of clothes]: AENEAS, ACHATES Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: SEPTEM PROSTERNIT CERVOS COMITATVS ACHATE / QVOS FAME DEFESSOS DIVIDIT IN SOCIOS Aeneas wears crown & stands with open arms, Achates stands next to him (center, foreground); group of figures stand around large vat of water, man holds dead fowl (L of center, foreground); various hunting & gathering scenes (L & R, middle ground); docked ships (center, background) (BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit; (L & R BRD) standing female figures in center, seated female figures under miniature canopy, accompanied by seated putto, in bottom corners; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with inscription framed by small masks; (LWR BRD) reclining female figure with putto in center flanked by kneeling female figures French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 22990 Asselberghs, Tapisseries flamandes (1974), 40, fig. 25 Related Works: Stylistically similar tapestry, GCPA 0237878-0237879
Size: 10500px × 7120px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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