British & Continental | March 11, 2025
Tue, Mar 11, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 22
Flemish 'Meleager Presenting to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar' Wool Tapestry
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
late 17th/early 18th century, scene of Meleager presenting the head of a boar to the huntress Atalanta, within an architectural landscape with lush vegetation, attendants and hounds at right, naturalistic floral and bird motif border with scrollwork, quivers, and two different insignia, 107 x 174 in.
Provenance: Provenance: Prior provenance not yet documented; before 1944, acquired by Duveen Bros. Inc., New York, NY; before 1944, purchased from Duveen Bros., Inc. by Leo Wallerstein of New York; 1944, Gift of Leo Wallerstein to the Brooklyn Museum; Property of the Brooklyn Museum
Exhibition History: Brooklyn Museum, “Recent Accessions,” February 8 - April 15, 1945.
Publication History: “Exhibition of Recent Accessions.” Brooklyn Museum Bulletin 6, no. 5 (February 1945): n.p.
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Provenance: Prior provenance not yet documented; before 1944, acquired by Duveen Bros. Inc., New York, NY; before 1944, purchased from Duveen Bros., Inc. by Leo Wallerstein of New York; 1944, Gift of Leo Wallerstein to the Brooklyn Museum; Property of the Brooklyn Museum
fading throughout and some fugitive colors, repairs to foundation, separations to upper right hand of panel, reduced, border seams at base do not align, minor staining to lining, later binding
