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Tapestry: Vertumnus as a Haymaker
Flemish (Brussels)
first half, 17th century
Object Place: Brussels, Flanders
Medium/Technique
Tapestry; wool warp, wool and silk wefts
Dimensions
528 x 343 cm (207 7/8 x 135 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Dexter in memory of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Thayer
Accession Number67.347
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFrom series The Story of Vertumnus and Pomona, based on designs attributed to Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen or Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Vertumnus to left, Pomona to right, meeting in arbor in foreground with two turkeys center; fromal garden in background. Rinceau border with nude figures. Colors faded, repairs in silk throughout. Brussels mark lower guard band; weaver's mark of Jan Raes right guard band. Wool and silk yarns on wool warp.
Provenance1889, sold from the Barberini collection, Rome, to Charles M. Ffoulke (b. 1841 - d. 1909), Washington, DC; 1909, consigned for sale from the Ffoulke collection to French and Company, New York; by 1913, probably sold by French and Co. to Bayard Thayer (b. 1862 - d. 1916) and Ruth Simpkins Thayer (b. 1864 - d. 1941), Boston; to their daughter, Constance Van Rensselaer Thayer (Mrs. William) Dexter (b. 1900 - d. 1976), Boston; 1967, gift of Mrs. William Dexter to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1967)
NOTES: Ffoulke's tapestry collection was sold by French and Co. after his death. The two Vertumnus tapestries (MFA accession nos. 67.347-348) were in the Thayer collection by 1913; see The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries (New York, 1913), pp. 49-50.
NOTES: Ffoulke's tapestry collection was sold by French and Co. after his death. The two Vertumnus tapestries (MFA accession nos. 67.347-348) were in the Thayer collection by 1913; see The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries (New York, 1913), pp. 49-50.