Noli me tangere'. unknown c. 1510-1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 7'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Cha[paey?] [Dawson crossed out], invoiced 4/23/1935 [also lists: 5/3/1936]; sold to F. [Felix] Gouled 10/2/1937 [SS 18405]. French & Co. purchased from Felix Gouled 2/4/1949 [SS 80382]. In landscape, St. Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ, as gardener with hoe; 2 Maries before Christ's tomb, guarded by angel (L, background) (BRD) grotesques with ornamen
Noli me tangere'. unknown c. 1510-1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 7'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Cha[paey?] [Dawson crossed out], invoiced 4/23/1935 [also lists: 5/3/1936]; sold to F. [Felix] Gouled 10/2/1937 [SS 18405]. French & Co. purchased from Felix Gouled 2/4/1949 [SS 80382]. In landscape, St. Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ, as gardener with hoe; 2 Maries before Christ's tomb, guarded by angel (L, background) (BRD) grotesques with ornamental scrolling foliage interspersed with vases Possibly woven in Brussels. The border is not symmetrical in its parts & may have been reworked, but not necessarily. It seems unlikely that they belong to the [central] field. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80405 [also lists: 40232, 75404] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80382 [also lists: 47726] Guiffrey, Les tapisseries (1911), 189, Related Works: Iconographically similar tapestry, GCPA 0239260, 0239355; stylistically similar tapestry (similar borders; Life of Christ subject), Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, "Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers"
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