Victoria
late 17th or early 18th century
Object PlaceProbably Brussels, Flanders
Medium/TechniqueWool, silk, and metallic yarn; tapestry weave
DimensionsOverall: 355 x 406cm (139 3/4 x 159 13/16in.)
Other (top edge): 352.4 cm (138 3/4 in.)
Other (top edge): 352.4 cm (138 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ida Deacon
Accession number71.1
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Provenance1846/1848, probably acquired in Paris by Edward Preble Deacon (b. 1813 - d. 1851) and his wife, Sarahann Parker Deacon (b. 1821 - d. 1900), Boston [see note 1]; 1861, to Mrs. Deacon's father, Peter Parker (b. 1785 - d. 1870), Boston [see note 2]; February 1-3, 1871, Deacon House sale, Leonard and Co., Boston (unnumbered catalogue). 1871, gift of Ida Elizabeth Deacon to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 10, 1871)
NOTES:
[1] The Deacons are known to have made two trips to Paris, in 1846-47 and in 1848, to acquire furnishings for their home. See Eric M. Zafran, "French Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," vol. 1 (Boston, 1998), cat. nos. 42-43, p. 112.
[2] Mr. Deacon died in 1851 and his widow and children went abroad in 1861, at which time the ownership of their home, known as Deacon House, passed to her father. See Zafran (as above, n. 1).
NOTES:
[1] The Deacons are known to have made two trips to Paris, in 1846-47 and in 1848, to acquire furnishings for their home. See Eric M. Zafran, "French Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," vol. 1 (Boston, 1998), cat. nos. 42-43, p. 112.
[2] Mr. Deacon died in 1851 and his widow and children went abroad in 1861, at which time the ownership of their home, known as Deacon House, passed to her father. See Zafran (as above, n. 1).
early 19th century
4th–5th century
4th–5th century A.D.
3rd-4th century AD
woodcuts by Virgil Solis of Nuremberg
Late 16th or first half of 17th century
1910 to 1920
550-725
First quarter of the 16th century A.D. 1500–25
Jacob van Schoor
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
Second third of the 16th century