Tapestry
Andien de Clermont
(French (active in England), 1725)
First half of the 18th century
Object PlaceLondon (Soho or Pall Mall?), England
Medium/TechniqueTapestry weave (wool warp; wool and silk wefts)
DimensionsOverall: 574 x 518.2 x 7.6 cm (226 x 204 x 3 in.)
Credit LineCharles Potter Kling Fund
Accession number65.1314
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1930, Lionel Harris, The Spanish Art Gallery, London [see note 1]. By 1930 until at least 1945, French and Company, New York. Mae Cadwell (Mrs. John E.) Rovensky (b. 1878 - d. 1956), Newport, RI; January 22, 1957, Rovensky estate sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 1018, to French and Co., New York; May 9, 1957, sold by French and Co. to Elizabeth (Mrs. A. Hamilton) Rice, New York [see note 2]; October 23, 1965, Mrs. Rice and others sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 344, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] H. C. Marillier, English Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century (London, 1930), p. 10, no. 3, where three related tapestries, all from the Spanish Art Gallery, are discussed. [2] Information taken from Study Collection of Photographs of Tapestries, Photo Archive Database online, Getty Research Institute, no. 304442.
NOTES:
[1] H. C. Marillier, English Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century (London, 1930), p. 10, no. 3, where three related tapestries, all from the Spanish Art Gallery, are discussed. [2] Information taken from Study Collection of Photographs of Tapestries, Photo Archive Database online, Getty Research Institute, no. 304442.
Maximilien de Haese
about 1771–75
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 third of the 16th century
Last quarter of the 16th or first half of the 17th century
Late 15th or early 16th century
First quarter of the 16th century