A FRENCH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY

AUBUSSON, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, AFTER ISAAC MOILLON

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A FRENCH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
AUBUSSON, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, AFTER ISAAC MOILLON
Depicting 'The Sacrifice of Iphigenia' from 'The Story of Achilles' with Iphegenia on an altar surrounded by various figures within a classical landscape, within a foliate border and blue outer guard borders, limited areas of reweaving, lower guard border later
9 ft. 9 in. (298 cm.) high; 9 ft. 11 in. (303 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 May 1995, lot 139.

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Lot Essay

Isaac Moillon (d. 1673) is identified as the author of this tapestry set consisting of eight or possibly ten panels. The first documented mention of the series was in the inventory drawn up on the death of the Aubusson weaver Jacques de Claravaux in 1671 but numerous differing borders are recorded and thus a number of sets must have been woven.

(N. de Reyniès and S. Lavaissière, Isaac Moillon (1614-1673), un peintre du roi Aubusson, Aubusson, 2005, pp. 170-171)

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