A SOHO MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, FROM THE HERO AND LEANDER SERIES

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The following two lots originally formed part of a set of seven panels illustrating The Story of Hero and Leander. Leander, a youth from Abydos, a town on the Asian shore of the Hellespont, used to swim across the waters at night to Sestos on the opposite side to meet his lover Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite. To guide him in darkness, she held up a torch. On a stormy night he drowned and she, in despair, threw herself in the sea. Francis Cleyn (1582 - 1658) supplied the designs of the series to the Mortlake manufactory as his first works in the late 1630s and early 1640s. The designs are strongly influenced by the Italian school, where the German-born artist had trained prior to working at the Danish court. He was called to London by Charles I in 1624 and remained until his death. The designs for Hero and Leander continued to be used throughout the 17th century by Mortlake and were afterwards reproduced by the private workshops in Soho and Lambeth. A set of five panels woven with gold and silver-thread are in the Royal Swedish Collection (J. Böttiger, Svenska Satens Samling af Vävda Tapeter, Stockholm, 1896), while three tapestries from this series from the collection of The Rt. Hon. The Lord Henley, were sold in these Rooms, 13 July 1967, lot 140. A set consisting of four panels bearing the arms of Finch, Earls of Winchilsea and Nottingham, was sold at Christie's London, 12 June 1947, lot 170, and a further set hangs in the main staircase at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire (M. Girouard, Hardwick Hall, 1989, p.52)

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A SOHO MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, FROM THE HERO AND LEANDER SERIES
After designs by Francis Cleyn, possibly Mortlake, woven in wools and silks depicting Leander swimming the Hellespont to meet Hero on the shore with ribband-tied swags and foliate borders, the right border with losses, some moth damage
126in. (338cm.) wide, 93in. (236cm.) high

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Browsholme Hall, Clitheroe

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