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BRUXELLES, DÉBUT DU XVIIe SIÈCLE (ENTRE 1600 ET 1620)
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BRUXELLES, DÉBUT DU XVIIe SIÈCLE (ENTRE 1600 ET 1620)
Beautiful wool and silk tapestry from a hanging on the story of Scipio the African.
Height: 300 cm - Width: 500 cm
(Good condition)
The cartoons for this panel were inspired by the hanging of François I, which was burned in 1797 to recover its precious metals: it comprised two distinct cycles, Les Gestes with its 12 pieces depicting various glorious episodes from the Second Punic War to Zama| and Les Triomphes, 10 pieces showing the victor's entry into Rome. The first drawings used as models for the Gestes were by Julius Romans and Jean-François Penni, and date from the early 1520's. The first tapestries may date from 1524. François I then commissioned additional drawings from Jules Romain. Le Brun himself drew inspiration from Jules Romain's figures for his tapestry on the story of Alexander. The border, rich in warrior attributes, is similar to the polychrome border on the panels of the 16th-century History of Julius Caesar hanging in the Toms Collection in Switzerland, or on a panel in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Bordeaux, France.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Jean Vittet - 2010 - La collection de tapisserie de Louis XIV - Internet.
- Toms Pauli Foundation - 2010 - The Toms Collection
- Guy Delmarcel - 1999 - Flemish Tapestry
EXPERT Frank Kassapian
Beautiful wool and silk tapestry from a hanging on the story of Scipio the African.
Height: 300 cm - Width: 500 cm
(Good condition)
The cartoons for this panel were inspired by the hanging of François I, which was burned in 1797 to recover its precious metals: it comprised two distinct cycles, Les Gestes with its 12 pieces depicting various glorious episodes from the Second Punic War to Zama| and Les Triomphes, 10 pieces showing the victor's entry into Rome. The first drawings used as models for the Gestes were by Julius Romans and Jean-François Penni, and date from the early 1520's. The first tapestries may date from 1524. François I then commissioned additional drawings from Jules Romain. Le Brun himself drew inspiration from Jules Romain's figures for his tapestry on the story of Alexander. The border, rich in warrior attributes, is similar to the polychrome border on the panels of the 16th-century History of Julius Caesar hanging in the Toms Collection in Switzerland, or on a panel in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Bordeaux, France.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Jean Vittet - 2010 - La collection de tapisserie de Louis XIV - Internet.
- Toms Pauli Foundation - 2010 - The Toms Collection
- Guy Delmarcel - 1999 - Flemish Tapestry
EXPERT Frank Kassapian