Details
A LOUIS XIII PARIS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
CIRCA 1633, BY RAPHAEL DE LA PLANCHE AFTER TOUSSAINT DU BREUIL
From the Stories of Diana and depicting Diana appealing to Jupiter for for vengeance against Niobe?, with Diana kneeling before Jupiter who is seated on a throne surrounded by courtiers before solomonic columns, 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 weavers' mark of Raphael de la Planche-11ft. 4in. x 16ft. 6in. (3m. 42cm. x 5m. 5cm.)
CIRCA 1633, BY RAPHAEL DE LA PLANCHE AFTER TOUSSAINT DU BREUIL
From the Stories of Diana and depicting Diana appealing to Jupiter for for vengeance against Niobe?, with Diana kneeling before Jupiter who is seated on a throne surrounded by courtiers before solomonic columns, 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 weavers' mark of Raphael de la Planche-11ft. 4in. x 16ft. 6in. (3m. 42cm. x 5m. 5cm.)
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
For a discussion of this series see M. Fenaille, Etat General des Tapisseries de la Manufacture des Gobelins, Volume I, 1601-1662, pp. 231-241. Four of these tapestries, now in the Louvre, were mentioned in the inventory made in 1627 after the death of the Elder de la Planche. In the original inventory only eight designs were listed for the series, but Fenaille and others have shown that actually there were ten cartoons designed for the series.
For a discussion of this series see M. Fenaille, Etat General des Tapisseries de la Manufacture des Gobelins, Volume I, 1601-1662, pp. 231-241. Four of these tapestries, now in the Louvre, were mentioned in the inventory made in 1627 after the death of the Elder de la Planche. In the original inventory only eight designs were listed for the series, but Fenaille and others have shown that actually there were ten cartoons designed for the series.