Exhibition

The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestries

Art Institute of Chicago1 Nov 2008 – 4 Jan 2009

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Design for Trophy with Gardening Tools

Jean Baptiste Huet · n.d.

Red chalk on ivory laid paper, tipped onto tan laid paper

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The Feast [central part] from The Story of Artemisia

Antoine Caron · 1607/30

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

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Procession of the Fat Ox from a Teniers Series

Workshop of Daniel IV Leyniers · 1729–1768

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8 mm Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 48 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; wool and silk: three yarns, one yarn of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and two yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm

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The Massacre at Jerusalem from The Story of Titus and Vespasian

Workshop of Gerard Peemans · 1650/75

Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 9 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm

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A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · c. 1740

Brush and gray wash and black gouache, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper (faded), laid down on cream board

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July

Circle of Bernard van Orley · before 1528

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: varies from 8 to 10 warps per cm; wool; S-ply of six Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.7 mm Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; S-ply of three Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–1.0 mm; silk; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters; 0.15–0.5 mm

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The Meeting of Jacob and Rebecca, and Isaac Blessing Jacob from The Story of Jacob

Workshop of Jan van Tieghem · 1560/68

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 5 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.2 mm Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters; 0,4–1.2 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.5 mm

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Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses

Wauters Workshop · c. 1685

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm

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Autumn, from The Seasons

Charles Le Brun · 1700/20

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

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The Marriage of Zenobia and Odenatus

Justus van Egmont · n.d.

Black chalk with brush and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

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Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere)

Willem de Pannemaker · 1540–1545

Wool and silk; slit, single, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.85 mm Weft: Count: varies from 32 to 56 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.85 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm

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The Offering of the Boar's Head from The Story of Meleager and Atalanta

Workshop of Jan II Leyniers · 1673/86

Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 9 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm Weft: Count: varies from 32 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.9 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.2–0.6 mm

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Medici Armorial

Lorenzo Lippi · 1643/44

Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts and areas of 4:4 plain interlacing of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts

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Alexander Kneeling before Jaddus at the Gates of Jerusalem [left section] from The Story of Alexander the Great

Nicolaas van Orley · c. 1600

Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count; 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.5 mm Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply ol two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.35–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameter: 0.8 mm

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Zenobia Surrounded by Mounted Soldiers

Justus van Egmont · n.d.

Black chalk with brush and brown wash and touches of graphite, on cream laid paper, pieced together and laid down on board

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Abundantia from The Four Continents and Related Allegories

Lodewijk van Schoor · c. 1680/1700

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm Weft: Count: varies from 28 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: single S-spun elements; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm

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The Crossing of the Granicus from The Story of Alexander the Great

Karel van Mander, II · 1619

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

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The Emperor Sailing from The Story of the Emperor of China

Guy-Louis Vernansal · 1716/22

Wool, silk, and silvered- and-gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some areas of 2:2 plain interlacings of silvered-and-gilt-metal wefts

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Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry

Erasmus de Pannemaker, I · c. 1600

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm Weft; Count: varies from 19 to 60 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk; S-ply of two elements with no appreciable twist; paired elements with no appreciable twist; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm

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Venus and Adonis (?) with the Duck Hunt

Jacques Geubels, I · c. 1600

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2. mm

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The Annunciation

Circle of Andrea Mantegna · 1484/1519

Wool, silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit, dovetailed and interlocking tapestry weave

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Cyrus Defeats Spargapises from The Story of Cyrus

Workshop of Albert Auwercx · c. 1670

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.45–1.0 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.55 mm

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February

Circle of Bernard van Orley · before 1528

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of six Z-spun elements; ; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 26 to 60 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–1.0 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters; 0.25–0.7 mm

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The Diversion of the Euphrates from The Story of Cyrus

Workshop of Gillis Ydens · c. 1670

Wool and silk, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 19 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.5 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.15–0.5 mm

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Five Landsknechte and an Oriental Man on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer · c. 1495

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

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Village Fete (Saint George's Fair) from a Teniers series

Workshop of Gaspard (Jasper) van der Borcht · c. 1710

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 24 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: Z-ply of two yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–0.7 mm

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Diana and Her Nymphs with the Ox Hunt

Hans Bol · c. 1600

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6–7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.1 mm; silk; S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.7–1.2 mm

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Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid

Wauters Workshop · c. 1675

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm

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The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia

Antoine Caron · 1607/30

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

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