Landing at Calcutta. Grenier, Jean (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] Poissonier, Arnould (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1500-1510 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'7" x W 11'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Vasco de Gama's ships arrive in harbor, animals in cages are brought to shore, group of figures watch from shore (UPR BRD) stylized foliage terminating in acorns Fragmentary scene. Possibly woven in T
Landing at Calcutta. Grenier, Jean (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] Poissonier, Arnould (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1500-1510 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'7" x W 11'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Vasco de Gama's ships arrive in harbor, animals in cages are brought to shore, group of figures watch from shore (UPR BRD) stylized foliage terminating in acorns Fragmentary scene. Possibly woven in Tournai (Campbell). Part of top border present (Cavallo). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 76648 V & A, Tapestry Collection (1980), 30-32, Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 164,165 Ackerman, Rockefeller McCormick tapestries (1932), Asselberghs, Tapisserie tournaisienne (1968), 12-16 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0240584-0240585, 0240592, ex. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt coll. New York
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