Vulcan Hephaestus giving Thetis armor for Achilles. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (cartoon creator) [painter] Jordaens, Jacob (Flemish, 1593-1678) (cartoon creator) [painter] Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Strecken, Geraert van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1635-1670 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 15'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. United States, Florida, Sarasota, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Vulcan & his wife, Chain, give Thetis large
Vulcan Hephaestus giving Thetis armor for Achilles. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (cartoon creator) [painter] Jordaens, Jacob (Flemish, 1593-1678) (cartoon creator) [painter] Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Strecken, Geraert van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1635-1670 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 15'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. United States, Florida, Sarasota, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Vulcan & his wife, Chain, give Thetis large shield, Thetis helped by putto (center, foreground); 2 men forging (L, background); cherub in sky gives helmet to triton in sea (R, background); psuedo-border with 2 statue-columns on cornices [L, Jupiter/Zeus & R, Juno/Hera] (L & R, foreground); garlands of flowers with 2 cherubim, central empty cartouche (top, foreground); blacksmith's tool flank little altar at foot of stairs (bottom, foreground) (BRD) bead-&-reel molding No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Antwerp (Rubenshuis), Rubenstextiel (1997), 108,109, pls. 29,30 Haverkamp Begemann, CorpRub 10 (1975), 111-114, no. 4 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0237866 (location unknown), GCPA: 0237869 (Paris, Musée du Louvre), Portugal, Vila Viçosa, Museu-Biblioteca da Fundacão de Casa de Bragança (Paço Ducal), "Thetis receiving armor for Achilles from Hephaestus"
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