AUBUSSON, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN BY ISAAC MOILLON

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A FRENCH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
AUBUSSON, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN BY ISAAC MOILLON
Depicting The Death of Achilles from The Story of Achilles, within a floral border, later guard borders, limited areas of re-weaving, previously folded to the top
10 ft. 3 in. (312 cm.) high, 13 ft. 5 in. (409 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Isaac Moillon (d. 1673) is identified as the author of a tapestry set consisting of possibly eight or ten panels depicting The Story of Achilles. Eight subjects are recorded but documents suggest that there may have been ten with the offered lot possibly representing one of the additional two subjects. The first documented mention of the series was in the inventory drawn up on the death of the Aubusson weaver Jacques de Claravaux in 1671 but numerous differing borders are recorded and thus a number of sets must have been woven.

(N. de Reyniès and S. Laveissière, Isaac Moillon (1614-1673), un peintre du roi à Aubusson, Aubusson, 2005, pp. 158-160)

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