Tapestry: Vertumnus as a Haymaker
first half, 17th century
Object PlaceBrussels, Flanders
Medium/TechniqueTapestry; wool warp, wool and silk wefts
Dimensions528 x 343 cm (207 7/8 x 135 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Dexter in memory of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Thayer
Accession number67.347
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
Provenance1889, sold from the Barberini collection, Rome, to Charles M. Ffoulke (b. 1841 - d. 1909), Washington, DC; 1909, consigned for sale from the Ffoulke collection to French and Company, New York; by 1913, probably sold by French and Co. to Bayard Thayer (b. 1862 - d. 1916) and Ruth Simpkins Thayer (b. 1864 - d. 1941), Boston; to their daughter, Constance Van Rensselaer Thayer (Mrs. William) Dexter (b. 1900 - d. 1976), Boston; 1967, gift of Mrs. William Dexter to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1967)
NOTES: Ffoulke's tapestry collection was sold by French and Co. after his death. The two Vertumnus tapestries (MFA accession nos. 67.347-348) were in the Thayer collection by 1913; see The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries (New York, 1913), pp. 49-50.
NOTES: Ffoulke's tapestry collection was sold by French and Co. after his death. The two Vertumnus tapestries (MFA accession nos. 67.347-348) were in the Thayer collection by 1913; see The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries (New York, 1913), pp. 49-50.
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen
Second half of the 16th or first quarter of the 17th century
3rd-4th century AD
Barberini Manufactory
1663–1679
Barberini Manufactory
1663–1679
Second half of the 16th century or first quarter of the 17th century
First quarter of the 16th century A.D. 1500–25
First third of the 16th century
Last quarter of the 16th or first half of the 17th century
