British & Continental Auction | December 6, 2024
Fri, Dec 6, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1545
French 'Rinaldo and Armida' Wool Tapestry Fragment, After Simon Vouet
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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possibly Tours, second half 17th century, cropped from a larger scene of Rinaldo and Armida in Armida’s enchanted garden, Rinaldo gazes into a handheld mirror while Armida dangles a pearl strand from her hair, two putti pull jewelry of gold and gems out of an open chest, putto at right carries a quiver with arrows, background with colonnade and coffered ceiling, two wide tree trunks and rose bushes, draped fabric with a single tassel, frame style border with trompe l’oeil parcel gilt stylized acanthus motif, 52 x 65 in. (4 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 5 in.)
Provenance: 1904, acquired by Charles Mather Ffoulke of Washington, DC;
By 1909, consigned by Charles Mather Ffoulke to French & Co.,
New York, NY;
Between 1914 and 1968, purchased from French & Co. by Helena Rutherfurd Ely Meade (Mrs. Richard Worsam Meade IV) of Mount Kisco, NY;
October 9, 1968, gift of Helena Rutherfurd Ely Meade to the Brooklyn Museum;
Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Exhibition History:
Avery Library, Columbia University, New York, Loan Exhibition of French and Flemish Tapestries, October 14 - November 28, 1914.
Publication History:
Ffoulke, Charles Mather, with introduction by Ernest Verlant, The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries, arranged by Charles M. Ffoulke, New York: Privately printed, 1913, p. 32, 214-215 (ill.).
Hunter, George Leland. Exhibition of Tapestries (exh. cat.). New York: The Institute of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 1914, p. 13-14.
“Additions to the Museum Collections.” The Brooklyn Museum Annual 10 (1968-1969): 168.
Carlo and Ubaldo find Rinaldo in Armida's garden, c. 1660-1700, Study Photographs of Tapestries, cataloged by Adolph S. Cavallo and Thomas P. Campbell, 1914-1995, Getty Research Institute 97.P.7. Original DB ID 3319. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/97p7_308240.
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1904, acquired by Charles Mather Ffoulke of Washington, DC;
By 1909, consigned by Charles Mather Ffoulke to French & Co.,
New York, NY;
Between 1914 and 1968, purchased from French & Co. by Helena Rutherfurd Ely Meade (Mrs. Richard Worsam Meade IV) of Mount Kisco, NY;
October 9, 1968, gift of Helena Rutherfurd Ely Meade to the Brooklyn Museum;
Property from the Brooklyn Museum
overall fading and toning, scattered surface losses and probable restorations throughout, borders possibly woven separately and attached after alteration of the main panel, remnants of threads remaining from hanging hardware, hanging hooks detached but present, mauve linen lining
