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A LOUIS XIII PARIS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
CIRCA 1633, BY RAPHAEL DE LA PLANCHE AFTER TOUSSAINT DU BREUIL
From the Story of Diana and depicting Jupiter avenging Latona by turning the peasants into frogs, the borders woven with scrolling acanthus leaves with bare-breasted angels and frolicking putti at the angles, the lower right selvedge woven with the weavers' mark of Raphael de la Planche-11ft. 2in. x 10ft. 2in. (3m. 40cm. x 2m. 51cm.)
CIRCA 1633, BY RAPHAEL DE LA PLANCHE AFTER TOUSSAINT DU BREUIL
From the Story of Diana and depicting Jupiter avenging Latona by turning the peasants into frogs, the borders woven with scrolling acanthus leaves with bare-breasted angels and frolicking putti at the angles, the lower right selvedge woven with the weavers' mark of Raphael de la Planche-11ft. 2in. x 10ft. 2in. (3m. 40cm. x 2m. 51cm.)
Provenance
The Collection of Archbold van Beuren, sold Christie's Newport, 23-24 July 1985, lot 227
Literature
J. Harrington, 'Tapestries of the French Renaissance,' International Studio, June 1928, pp. 57-61
See note for lot 220
See note for lot 220