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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 Apollo defying Diana to shoot Orion who is hunting in the island of Delos, with Apollo grasping the arrow above the distrought Diana who reclines beside a stream, Orion appears above them on a cliff, the borders woven with scrolling acanthus leaves with bare-breasted angels and frolicking putti at the angles-11ft. 4in. x 8ft. 3in. (3m. 45cm. x 2m. 51cm.)
CIRCA 1633, BY RAPHAEL DE LA PLANCHE AFTER TOUSSAINT DU BREUIL
From the Story of Diana and depicting Apollo defying Diana to shoot Orion who is hunting in the island of Delos, with Apollo grasping the arrow above the distrought Diana who reclines beside a stream, Orion appears above them on a cliff, the borders woven with scrolling acanthus leaves with bare-breasted angels and frolicking putti at the angles-11ft. 4in. x 8ft. 3in. (3m. 45cm. 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 lot 220.
See note for lot 220.