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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 Diana coming to the rescue of the fleeting Britomartis, with Diana approaching the swimming Britomartis?, with a ship in the the distance retrieves a body in a net, the border woven with scrolling acanthus leaves with bare-breasted angels and frolicking putti at the angles, the lower right selvedge woven with the weavers' mark of Raphael de la Planche-11ft. 2in. x 8ft. 3in. (3m. 42cm. x 2m. 51cm.)
CIRCA 1633, BY RAPHAEL DE LA PLANCHE AFTER TOUSSAINT DU BREUIL
From the Story of Diana and depicting Diana coming to the rescue of the fleeting Britomartis, with Diana approaching the swimming Britomartis?, with a ship in the the distance retrieves a body in a net, the border woven with scrolling acanthus leaves with bare-breasted angels and frolicking putti at the angles, the lower right selvedge woven with the weavers' mark of Raphael de la Planche-11ft. 2in. x 8ft. 3in. (3m. 42cm. x 2m. 51cm.)
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
See note for preceding lot.
See note for preceding lot.