1651 / 1675, Paris
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1651 / 1675, Paris
- Identifier
- 62.330
- Transfer of custody
- MFA Boston
- Acquisition
- Possibly the Duke of Montrose, Buchanan Castle, Stirling, Scotland [see note 1]. About 1925/1927, Basil Dighton (dealer), London. 1928, J. M. Botibol (dealer), London. Richard W. Lehne, New York. By 1945, French and Co., New York; 1962, sold by French and Co. to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 11, 1962) NOTES: [1] According to the exhibition catalogue "400 Years of Tapestries" (Detroit Institute of Arts, February 10-March 18, 1945), cat. no. 35. / Charles Potter Kling Fund
- Collection
- Technique
- Embroidery 96%
- Embroidery 98%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 95%
- Embroidery 96%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 46%
- Floral motif 71%
- Vegetal motif 45%
- Floral motif 46%
- Dimension
- 342 cm (height)441 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
One in a series recounting the story of Daphne, probably from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I. The subject shown is "Apollo Pursuing Daphne." Daphne flees from center to the left with Apollo in pursuit from the right. In addition to the two main figures, two nymphs are shown watching the pair from behind a tree at the right, and Cupid flies above Apollo's head holding bow and arrows. Border shows rinceaux of acanthus leaves and flowers. Nude putto in each corner grasps stems of vines. Some brown wool wefts have deteriorated. Fabric complete in extent; lacks a fraction of an inch of weaving along outer edges of outer guards.
