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Lot Essay
David, the shepherd boy who became King of Israel, is here seen bringing the Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem with a large band of Israelites. The Ark, a chest containing the "Tables of the Covenant" or the Tablets with the Ten Commandments, had been captured by the Philistines, but was returned to the Israelites when it brought them great ill-fortune.
Small tapestries of this type were usually conceived as cushion covers, and it appears that they were frequently made as sets dealing with related subjects. Two such cushion covers, both depicting Faith, Hope and Charity, are in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (C. Adelson, European Tapestries in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1994, pp. 368 - 76, cats. 22a and 22b). Panels of closely related designs from the Mayorcas Collection were sold at Christie's London, 12 February 1999, lots 361, 362, 368 and 373.
Small tapestries of this type were usually conceived as cushion covers, and it appears that they were frequently made as sets dealing with related subjects. Two such cushion covers, both depicting Faith, Hope and Charity, are in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (C. Adelson, European Tapestries in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1994, pp. 368 - 76, cats. 22a and 22b). Panels of closely related designs from the Mayorcas Collection were sold at Christie's London, 12 February 1999, lots 361, 362, 368 and 373.