Tax exempt.

The Property of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund (lots 329-330)

A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY,

POSSIBLY BY FRANS GEUBELS, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY,

Details

A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY,
Possibly by Frans Geubels, third quarter 16th century,
depicting a Roman soldier seated by a stream, within a strapwork border with animals, maidens, caryatides and putti, the blue outer slip with unidentified weaver's monogram, minor areas of reweaving
111in. (282cm.) high, 79½in. (202cm.) wide

Provenance

Mrs. Theodore Offerman, New York, 1937.
Mrs. Elishia Hilliard.

Special notice

Tax exempt.

Lot Essay

The borders of this tapestry correspond closely to those of a set illustrating The Life of Samson that was formerly in the Burgos Cathedral and which are recorded to be by Frans Geubels (Circa 1520 - 1581) (E. Duverger, Tapijtwerk uit het Atelier van Frans Geubels, De Bloeitijd van de Vlaamse Tapijtkunst, Brussels, 1969, pp. 122 - 129).

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