BRUSSELS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY MARTIN II REYMBOUTS AND AFTER MICHIEL COXCIE

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A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY MARTIN II REYMBOUTS AND AFTER MICHIEL COXCIE
Woven in silks and wools, depicting 'Rachel and Jacob at the Well' from 'The Story of Jacob', with large scale figures to the foreground and sheep, with trees and a city to the background and a palace to the right hand side, with jewelled entwined ribbon and trailing vine border between multiple brown inner slip and blue outer slip, with partly obliterated makers mark to the lower right side, reduced in height to the lower border, minor restorations and reweaving, the subjects with highlighted outlines
11 ft. 3 in. x 14 ft. 10 in. (343 cm. x 452 cm.)

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This tapestry forms part of a set initially designed in the mid-16th century and with the wide success it enjoyed, was woven well into the 17th century. Although the author of the designs is not certain, it can be tentatively attributed to the "Flemish Raphael" Michiel Coxcie (d. 1592). He was raised by his father and Bernard van Orley and, with the latter, led the tapestry production at the Vatican. He was very influenced by the 'Italian' Raphael and is recorded as having painted a History of Psyche in 1532 while in Italy. He painted for various Royal courts while living in Brussels and François I made various unsuccessful attempts to attract him to Paris.

A set of five tapestries from this series, including this subject, by Martin Reymbouts is at the Hôtel Dieu in Beaune (B. Fromaget and N. de Reyniès, Les Tapisseries des Hospices de Beaune, Beaune, 1993, pp. 26-31).