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Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Vermillon is recorded as collaborating with Jeroen LeClerc and after 1722 took over his workshop. He remained active in Brussels until 1732 before moving to other towns setting up short-lived workshops.
A set of six tapestry panels bearing the signature 'F.D.V. Borght' from 'The History of Psyche' are recorded with the duke of Montrose, Buchanan Castle (W.G. Thomson, 'A History of Tapestry', Menston, Yorkshire, 1973, pp. 479 and 480). Two tapestries with identical borders, signed 'F.V.D. Borght' and further inscribed 1, 2, 3 and 4 Psiche, from the property of La Comtesse d'Aubigny and from the collection of the late Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, were sold Christie's, London, 1 July 1976, lot 112.
A set of six tapestry panels bearing the signature 'F.D.V. Borght' from 'The History of Psyche' are recorded with the duke of Montrose, Buchanan Castle (W.G. Thomson, 'A History of Tapestry', Menston, Yorkshire, 1973, pp. 479 and 480). Two tapestries with identical borders, signed 'F.V.D. Borght' and further inscribed 1, 2, 3 and 4 Psiche, from the property of La Comtesse d'Aubigny and from the collection of the late Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, were sold Christie's, London, 1 July 1976, lot 112.