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design probably French 16th Century, Paris; woven in southern Netherlands or Paris in an undetermined workshop

Hunting and Pastoral Scenes, with a bagpiper and dancers, c. 1510

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Medium

wool warp and weft with silk highlights in weft

Dimensions

overall: 365.76 × 492.76 cm (144 × 194 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2014.136.301

Artists / Makers

French 16th Century (designer)

Parisian 16th Century (designer) French, 1500 - 1599

Unknown 16th Century Workshop (weaver)

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Provenance

William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Clark, William Andrews
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Bibliography

1932: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1932: 75, no. 2252.

1957: Ross, Marvin Chauncey. “Four Tournai Tapestries.” The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin 9 (1957): 1-18, 2 fig. 2.

1978: Wells, William. "Four Loire Tapestries in the Clark Collection.” In The William A. Clark Collection. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978: 38-50, repro. 38, repro. (detail) 43.

1987: Joubert, Fabienne. La Tapisserie Médiévale au Musée de Cluny. Paris, 1987: 122-126, repro. 123.

2017: Cleland, Elizabeth, Lorraine Karafel, and Glasgow Museums. Tapestries from the Burrell Collection. London and Glasgow, 2017: 353, 355 n. 4, 358 n. 4.

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