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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 "The Slaying of Chione" with Diana and her attendants and dogs resting on a hillside, while above them on a cliff a man aims his bow and arrow at Chione who is swimming in the lake, the border woven with scrolling acanthus leaves with bare-breasted angels and frolicking putti at the angles and enclosing cartouches of allegorical figures, the lower right selvedge woven with the weaver's mark of Raphael de la Planche, (distressed, some reweaving)-11ft. 3in. x 12ft. 6in. (3m. 42cm. x 3m. 68cm.)
CIRCA 1633, BY RAPHAEL DE LA PLANCHE AFTER TOUSSAINT DU BREUIL
From the Story of Diana and depicting "The Slaying of Chione" with Diana and her attendants and dogs resting on a hillside, while above them on a cliff a man aims his bow and arrow at Chione who is swimming in the lake, the border woven with scrolling acanthus leaves with bare-breasted angels and frolicking putti at the angles and enclosing cartouches of allegorical figures, the lower right selvedge woven with the weaver's mark of Raphael de la Planche, (distressed, some reweaving)-11ft. 3in. x 12ft. 6in. (3m. 42cm. x 3m. 68cm.)
Provenance
The Collection of Archbold van Beuren, sold Christie's Newport, July 23-24 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.