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Woven Art: A Private Collection of Tapestries and Carpets
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- Sale 6447
Live
| Chicago
Oct 30 | 10:00 AM CDT
Live
| Chicago
Sale 6447
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$30,000 – $50,000
Provenance:
Christie's, Amsterdam, ‘The Property of an Important Dutch Collector’, April 1 2009, Lot 388
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by present owner in 2009.
Note:
The scene illustrated in this tapestry is based on a story told by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod. Pandora, the 'all-giver' and 'all-gifted', had been fashioned from clay by Vulcan, whose workshop is visible in the left background. Jupiter sent Pandora to Earth to bring punishment to mankind for Prometheus' theft of fire. To take with her, he had given her a box which when opened ended the Golden Age and set free evils that have since come upon the human race.
Hendrick II Reydams (1650-1719) was a member of an important dynasty of Brussels weavers. His workshop was particularly famous for its armorial tapestries after David Teniers The Younger, landscapes, sometimes with small figures, and mythological tapestries, such as this one. An inventory of the estate of Urbans Leyniers, who had collaborated with Hendrick II Reydams between 1712 and 1719, lists the little-known Johannes de Reyff, student of Lancelot Volder, as the author of a series of six tapestries illustrating ‘The Story of Jupiter’. The present design probably belongs to this set (see G. Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry, Tielt & London, 1999, p. 306).
Appearing in overall good, stable, and ready to place condition. Professionally conserved . Colors are evenly faded and attractive. Later linen backed and with Vel-Cro for hanging.
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Corbin Horn
Vice President, Head of Department, European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Alison Lynch
Associate Specialist, European Furniture & Decorative Arts
