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PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL AND SEBASTIEN-FRANCOIS DE LA PLANCHE, AFTER DESIGNS BY MICHEL I CORNEILLE
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A FRENCH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL AND SEBASTIEN-FRANCOIS DE LA PLANCHE, AFTER DESIGNS BY MICHEL I CORNEILLE
Woven in silks and wools, depicting 'Tancred orderin the Tombstone for Clorinda' from the series of 'The story of Tancred and Clorinda', with the seated Tancred pointing at a design for a tomb, with attendants beneath a draped tent, within a blue ribbon florial border with putti to the corners and flanking medallions to the top and bottom borders, within a later blue outer guard border and remnants of the original border beneath, previosuly folded to the bottom right corner, limited areas of reweaving
11 ft. 10 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. (360 x 260 cm.)
PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL AND SEBASTIEN-FRANCOIS DE LA PLANCHE, AFTER DESIGNS BY MICHEL I CORNEILLE
Woven in silks and wools, depicting 'Tancred orderin the Tombstone for Clorinda' from the series of 'The story of Tancred and Clorinda', with the seated Tancred pointing at a design for a tomb, with attendants beneath a draped tent, within a blue ribbon florial border with putti to the corners and flanking medallions to the top and bottom borders, within a later blue outer guard border and remnants of the original border beneath, previosuly folded to the bottom right corner, limited areas of reweaving
11 ft. 10 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. (360 x 260 cm.)
Provenance
Battle Abbey, sold Christie's, London, 19 July 1928, lot 149 as a set of 6 tapestries.
Colonel W.J. Thompson, sold Christie's, London, 13 May 1960, lot 101, from a set of 6 tapestries.
With Otto Bernheimer, Munich, where acquired by the present owner's family in the 1960s
Colonel W.J. Thompson, sold Christie's, London, 13 May 1960, lot 101, from a set of 6 tapestries.
With Otto Bernheimer, Munich, where acquired by the present owner's family in the 1960s
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