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CIRCA 1690S, ATTRIBUTED TO BERNT VAN DER EICHEN
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A COPENHAGEN MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
Circa 1690s, attributed to Bernt van der Eichen
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a Satyr persuing a Nymph, from the series Jupiter and Io, showing a river landscape with trees and mountains in the background and two birds-of-pray in the sky, within a beige and brown outer slip with fringe, two transport labels to reverse 'G...SOPRON EBENFURT VASUT GYÖS SAPRO EBENFURTHER EISENBAHN GYORSÁRU - EILGUT' and '...GYÖR-SOPRON EBENFURTH VASUT HONNAN: ... SOPRON 1303, SZ.M - RABAKON NYOMDA', lacking lower outer slip, aproximately 4 in. folded over to top, the top outer slip re-positioned
9 ft. 4½ in. (286 cm.) high; 8 ft. 3 in. (251.5 cm.) wide
Circa 1690s, attributed to Bernt van der Eichen
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a Satyr persuing a Nymph, from the series Jupiter and Io, showing a river landscape with trees and mountains in the background and two birds-of-pray in the sky, within a beige and brown outer slip with fringe, two transport labels to reverse 'G...SOPRON EBENFURT VASUT GYÖS SAPRO EBENFURTHER EISENBAHN GYORSÁRU - EILGUT' and '...GYÖR-SOPRON EBENFURTH VASUT HONNAN: ... SOPRON 1303, SZ.M - RABAKON NYOMDA', lacking lower outer slip, aproximately 4 in. folded over to top, the top outer slip re-positioned
9 ft. 4½ in. (286 cm.) high; 8 ft. 3 in. (251.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Possibly commissioned 10 November 1694 - 20 October 1695 for the Royal castle Jaegersborg.
Possibly before the second half 18th Century castle Willestrup, Jutland.
Possibly inherited by the Rosenkrantz family in the second half 18th Century and transferred to Rosenholm, Jutland where it remained certainly until 1875.
Possibly before the second half 18th Century castle Willestrup, Jutland.
Possibly inherited by the Rosenkrantz family in the second half 18th Century and transferred to Rosenholm, Jutland where it remained certainly until 1875.
Literature
Possibly J.G. Burman-Becker in his Forsorg til en Beskrivelse af og Efterretninger om vaevde Tapeter of andre maerkelige Vaegge-decoationer i Danmark, Copenhagen, 1875.
Possibly H. Göbel, Wandteppiche, Leipzig, 1934, part III, vol. II, p. 316.
Possibly H. Göbel, Wandteppiche, Leipzig, 1934, part III, vol. II, p. 316.
Special notice
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