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A Flemish, Possibly Oudenaarde, 'Feuilles de Choux' Tapestry, circa 1550-70
作品估价：USD 18,000 - 22,000
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A Flemish, Possibly Oudenaarde, 'Feuilles de Choux' Tapestry, circa 1550-70
拍品描述：
silk and wool
8 ft. 1 ½ in. by 12 ft. 8 in.; 2.5 by 3.9 m.
出处
With E. Cittone & C., Milan, 23 April 1970;
From whom acquired.
图录说明
Often referred to asfeuilles de choux,or cabbage leaves, the verdure aesthetic seen here in fact incorporates scrolling and twisting acanthus leaves as its dominant motif, interspersed by other verdant plants, such as peas, lilies and roses.
The verdure genre in tapestry weaving encompasses a wide range of aesthetics, but is most often characterized by an overwhelming abundance of flora that dominates the composition. Such designs rose to prominence from the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.1These wild tangles of various vines and leaves developed from the earlier millefleurs designs. Scholars have suggested that this aesthetic replaced the more orderly millefleurs style due to the growing fascination with the New World and its exotic flora and fauna.2
The majority of these types of weavings were made in Flanders, most notably in the towns of Grammont (Geraardsbergen), Oudenaarde, and Enghien, which were key centers for the production of large leaf verdures or 'green work[s].'³ The art historian Guy Delmarcel has also suggested that the inclusion of architectural elements in the foreground, such columns and balustrades, was more typical of tapestries woven in Oudenaarde.4A notable example is in the Art Institute of Chicago (accession number 1943.1144), which represents a rare instance of a large-leaf verdure woven with a town mark, in this case that of Oudenaarde.
1A. Gray-Bennett,Five Centuries of Tapestry: The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco 1992, pp. 134-135.
2G. Wingfield Digby & Wendy Hefford,The Tapestry Collection: Medieval and Renaissance,London 1980, pp. 54-55.
3Guy Delmarcel,Flemish Tapestry, New York 1999, p. 193.
4Ibid, p. 194.
RELATED LITERATURE
C. Adelson,European Tapestry in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis 1994, p. 118 - 121;
E. Hartkamp-Jonxis and H. Smit,European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2007, pp. 83 - 84.
8 ft. 1 ½ in. by 12 ft. 8 in.; 2.5 by 3.9 m.
出处
With E. Cittone & C., Milan, 23 April 1970;
From whom acquired.
图录说明
Often referred to asfeuilles de choux,or cabbage leaves, the verdure aesthetic seen here in fact incorporates scrolling and twisting acanthus leaves as its dominant motif, interspersed by other verdant plants, such as peas, lilies and roses.
The verdure genre in tapestry weaving encompasses a wide range of aesthetics, but is most often characterized by an overwhelming abundance of flora that dominates the composition. Such designs rose to prominence from the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.1These wild tangles of various vines and leaves developed from the earlier millefleurs designs. Scholars have suggested that this aesthetic replaced the more orderly millefleurs style due to the growing fascination with the New World and its exotic flora and fauna.2
The majority of these types of weavings were made in Flanders, most notably in the towns of Grammont (Geraardsbergen), Oudenaarde, and Enghien, which were key centers for the production of large leaf verdures or 'green work[s].'³ The art historian Guy Delmarcel has also suggested that the inclusion of architectural elements in the foreground, such columns and balustrades, was more typical of tapestries woven in Oudenaarde.4A notable example is in the Art Institute of Chicago (accession number 1943.1144), which represents a rare instance of a large-leaf verdure woven with a town mark, in this case that of Oudenaarde.
1A. Gray-Bennett,Five Centuries of Tapestry: The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco 1992, pp. 134-135.
2G. Wingfield Digby & Wendy Hefford,The Tapestry Collection: Medieval and Renaissance,London 1980, pp. 54-55.
3Guy Delmarcel,Flemish Tapestry, New York 1999, p. 193.
4Ibid, p. 194.
RELATED LITERATURE
C. Adelson,European Tapestry in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis 1994, p. 118 - 121;
E. Hartkamp-Jonxis and H. Smit,European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2007, pp. 83 - 84.