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Tapestry: Landscape with Animals
Woven by: Hendrick van der Camen (mid-17th century)
Flemish
mid-17th century
Object Place: Enghien, Flanders
Medium/Technique
Tapestry weave (wool warp; wool and silk wefts)
Dimensions
403 x 481 cm (158 11/16 x 189 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard C. Storey in memory of her mother, Mrs. Bayard Thayer
Accession Number69.1043
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThis tapestry is one in a series dealing with landscapes and animals. The setting is a forest with a valley and church in background. A fox with dead cock is in center foreground with other animals around them. Columns form side borders; winged putti with swags of fruit form top, botton borders. Right guard band has town mark of Enghien and mark of merchant-weaver Henderick Vander Camen. Lower guard band has name "HENDERICK VANDER CAMEN." Repairs in silks throughout.
ProvenanceAbout 1909, Lenygon and Co., London. Ruth Simpkins (Mrs. Bayard) Thayer (b. 1864 - d. 1941), Boston; by descent to her daughter, Mabel Thayer (Mrs. Richard C.) Storey (b. 1908), South Hamilton, MA; 1969, gift of Mrs. Storey to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 11, 1969)