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CIRCA 1690S, ATTRIBUTED TO BERNT VAN DER EICHEN
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A COPENHAGEN MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
Circa 1690s, attributed to Bernt van der Eichen
Woven in wools and silks, depicting Mercury lulling Argus to Sleep, from the series of Jupiter and Io, showing a wooded landscape with Argus flanked by his dog listening to the flute-playing Mercury to the left, to the right a parrot sitting on a branch and a white heifer, within a brown and black outer slip with the mark 'K.H.', the sides with fringes, very minor reweaving, particularly to dark browns
10 ft. 3 in. (313 cm.) high; 11 ft. 11½ in. (365 cm.) wide
Circa 1690s, attributed to Bernt van der Eichen
Woven in wools and silks, depicting Mercury lulling Argus to Sleep, from the series of Jupiter and Io, showing a wooded landscape with Argus flanked by his dog listening to the flute-playing Mercury to the left, to the right a parrot sitting on a branch and a white heifer, within a brown and black outer slip with the mark 'K.H.', the sides with fringes, very minor reweaving, particularly to dark browns
10 ft. 3 in. (313 cm.) high; 11 ft. 11½ in. (365 cm.) wide
Provenance
Possibly commissioned 10 November 1694 - 20 October 1695 for the Royal castle Jaegersborg.
Possibly before the second half 18th Century castle Willestrup, Jutland.
Possibly inherited by the Rosenkrantz family in the second half 18th Century and transferred to Rosenholm, Jutland where it remained certainly until 1875.
Possibly before the second half 18th Century castle Willestrup, Jutland.
Possibly inherited by the Rosenkrantz family in the second half 18th Century and transferred to Rosenholm, Jutland where it remained certainly until 1875.
Literature
Possibly J.G. Burman-Becker in his Forsorg til en Beskrivelse af og Efterretninger om vaevde Tapeter of andre maerkelige Vaegge-decoationer i Danmark, Copenhagen, 1875.
Possibly H. Göbel, Wandteppiche, Leipzig, 1934, part III, vol. II, p. 316.
Possibly H. Göbel, Wandteppiche, Leipzig, 1934, part III, vol. II, p. 316.
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