Lot Essay
Johann van Tiegen is recorded in the mid-16th century (see: H. Göbel, Tapestries of the Lowlands, New York, 1924, Glossary p.4)
This tapestry, which shows various scenes leading up to Jacob kissing Rachel and being moved to tears, is very close to a set of tapestries relating the story of Jacob in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated E. Standen, European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, Vol I, pp.137-150. Edith Standen mentions another set of the same subject with identical borders to this lot, one of which, belonging to the Galerie Ostler, Munich, was advertised in Apollo June 1974 issue, p.11. This was said to have been woven by Jan van Tieghem in 1562. This maker, whose mark also appears on the Metropolitan Museum series is probably the Johann van Tiegen listed by H. Göbel, op.cit., p.4
This tapestry, which shows various scenes leading up to Jacob kissing Rachel and being moved to tears, is very close to a set of tapestries relating the story of Jacob in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated E. Standen, European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, Vol I, pp.137-150. Edith Standen mentions another set of the same subject with identical borders to this lot, one of which, belonging to the Galerie Ostler, Munich, was advertised in Apollo June 1974 issue, p.11. This was said to have been woven by Jan van Tieghem in 1562. This maker, whose mark also appears on the Metropolitan Museum series is probably the Johann van Tiegen listed by H. Göbel, op.cit., p.4