A BRUSSELS BAROQUE PASTORAL TAPESTRY

FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, BY URBAN LEYNIERS, AFTER DAVID TENIERS II

Details

A BRUSSELS BAROQUE PASTORAL TAPESTRY
First Half 18th Century, By Urban Leyniers, After David Teniers II
From the story of Don Quixote and centrally depicting the hero trying to protect the sheep from the hidalgo, in the distance Sancho Panza rides a donkey, with a villagescape in the far distance, within ribbon and acanthus borders woven with scallop shells at the angles, the lower left selvedge woven with the weaver's inscription 'U LEYNIERS'
Approximately 10ft. 5in. x 11ft. 1in. (317cm. x 338cm.)

Provenance

Mrs. E. W. Haines, Cleveland, Ohio
by descent through the family,
Sold in these Rooms, 1 June 1994, lot 194

Literature

H. Göbel, Tapestries of the Lowlands, New York, 1924, no. 290

Exhibited

Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1918, exhibition catalogue, no. 25

Lot Essay

Urban Leyniers, recorded as working in Brussels 1703-1747

Göbel (op. cit.) illustrates 'The Hero is created a knight' from the series depicting the story of Don Quixote. The present lot is cited as one of the two signed examples from the Cleveland Museum of Art.