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Tapestry: Vertumnus Throwing off His Disguise
Flemish (Brussels)
first half, 17th century
Object Place: Brussels, Flandera
Medium/Technique
Tapestry; wool warp, wool and silk wefts
Dimensions
330 x 358 cm (129 15/16 x 140 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Dexter in memory of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Thayer
Accession Number67.348
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFrom series The Story of Vertumnus and Pomona, based on designs attributed to Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen or Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Vertumnus and Pomona seated on bench center foreground in arbor; formal garden in background. Rinceau border with nude figures. Colors faded, repairs in silk throughout. Brussels mark lower guard band; weaver's mark of Jan Raes and the Geubels shop (probably Widow Geubels and/or Jacob Geubels the Younger) on right guard band. Wool and silk yarns on wool warp.
Provenance1889, sold from the Barberini collection, Rome, to Charles M. Ffoulke (b. 1841 - d. 1909), Washington, DC; 1909, consigned for sale from the Ffoulke collection to French and Company, New York; by 1913, probably sold by French and Co. to Bayard Thayer (b. 1862 - d. 1916) and Ruth Simpkins Thayer (b. 1864 - d. 1941), Boston; to their daughter, Constance Van Rensselaer Thayer (Mrs. William) Dexter (b. 1900 - d. 1976), Boston; 1967, gift of Mrs. William Dexter to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1967)
NOTES: Ffoulke's tapestry collection was sold by French and Co. after his death. The two Vertumnus tapestries (MFA accession nos. 67.347-348) were in the Thayer collection by 1913; see The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries (New York, 1913), pp. 49-50.
NOTES: Ffoulke's tapestry collection was sold by French and Co. after his death. The two Vertumnus tapestries (MFA accession nos. 67.347-348) were in the Thayer collection by 1913; see The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries (New York, 1913), pp. 49-50.