Lot Essay
Despite the Brussels townmark, the tapestry displays a certain naivete in the figural depiction and a technical simplicity which is consistant with Pannemaker's later work in Lille.
Details
A BRUSSELS BAROQUE VERDURE TAPESTRY
LAST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
Centrally woven with a hunter aiming his rifle at two deer within a dense forestscape, the borders woven with blossoming fruit and floral garlands interspersed with birds and vegetables, the selvedge woven with the Brussels townmark and the weaver's inscription 'F. DE. P' (areas of reweaving, borders sewn under)-10ft. x 6ft. 4½in. (3m. x 1m. 91cm.)
François de Pannemaker, a Brussels weaver, settled in Lille in 1684.
LAST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
Centrally woven with a hunter aiming his rifle at two deer within a dense forestscape, the borders woven with blossoming fruit and floral garlands interspersed with birds and vegetables, the selvedge woven with the Brussels townmark and the weaver's inscription 'F. DE. P' (areas of reweaving, borders sewn under)-10ft. x 6ft. 4½in. (3m. x 1m. 91cm.)
François de Pannemaker, a Brussels weaver, settled in Lille in 1684.
Provenance
Bought from Richard W. Lehne, Philadelphia, 12 December 1918 for $4200