A FLEMISH MYTHOLOGICAL GAME PARK TAPESTRY ATTRIBUTED TO FILIPS VAN...
Depicting Diana and her entourage, the Three Graces, Apollo and Daphne, and other mythological figures in a lush garden with an elaborate architectural capriccio, within a border woven with classical figures and flowering vases
Approximately 133 in. by 172 in. (338 cm. by 437 cm.)
Provenance
The Property of an Institution; Christie's, New York, 27 September 2007, lot 177.
Acquired from Beauvais Carpets, New York.
Literature
G. Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry from the 15th to the 18th Century, Tielt, 1999, p. 175, footnote 134.
Lot Essay
The borders of this tapestry as well as the delicately drawn garden-landscape with mythological figures are very similar to a tapestry at the Argenta Bank, Antwerp, which is signed by Filips van der Cammen (d. 1601) and tentatively dated to 1575 by Guy Delmarcel (Flemish Tapestry from the 15th to the 18th Century, Tielt, 1999, p. 174). Other similar works by him include three tapestries in a Belgian private collection and five in the château de Brissac, all signed with his initials 'PVC'.
The quality of these Enghien tapestries were such that they were passed off as Brussels works by some weavers. Interestingly several Enghien weavers, including Filips van der Cammen, are listed among those who lost tapestries when the Antwerp Tapestry-Makers' Hall was raided by the Spanish in 1576.
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Depicting Diana and her entourage, the Three Graces, Apollo and Daphne, and other mythological figures in a lush garden with an elaborate architectural capriccio, within a border woven with classical figures and flowering vases
Approximately 133 in. by 172 in. (338 cm. by 437 cm.)
Provenance
The Property of an Institution; Christie's, New York, 27 September 2007, lot 177.
Acquired from Beauvais Carpets, New York.
Literature
G. Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry from the 15th to the 18th Century, Tielt, 1999, p. 175, footnote 134.
Lot Essay
The borders of this tapestry as well as the delicately drawn garden-landscape with mythological figures are very similar to a tapestry at the Argenta Bank, Antwerp, which is signed by Filips van der Cammen (d. 1601) and tentatively dated to 1575 by Guy Delmarcel (Flemish Tapestry from the 15th to the 18th Century, Tielt, 1999, p. 174). Other similar works by him include three tapestries in a Belgian private collection and five in the château de Brissac, all signed with his initials 'PVC'.
The quality of these Enghien tapestries were such that they were passed off as Brussels works by some weavers. Interestingly several Enghien weavers, including Filips van der Cammen, are listed among those who lost tapestries when the Antwerp Tapestry-Makers' Hall was raided by the Spanish in 1576.
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