Provenance
Cardinal Érard de la Marck, Prince-Bishop of Liège (died 1538), from 1525/32 to 1538; by descent to his godson, Robert III de la Marck, Count of Arenberg (died 1544); by descent to his sister, Countess Marguerite de la Marck, Princess of Arenberg (died 1599), given to her son, Robert de Ligne, Prince of Arenberg and Barbançon (died 1614); sold to his brother, Charles de Ligne, Prince of Arenberg, Duke of Aarschot (died 1616), 1602; by descent to his son Philippe Charles, Prince of Arenberg, Duke of Aarschot and Croy (died 1640); by descent to his son, Philippe François, Duke of Arenberg (died 1674); probably by descent to his brother Charles-Eugène, Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Croy (died 1681); probably by descent to his son Philippe-Charles-François, Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Croy (died 1691); probably by descent to his son Leopold-Philippe, Prince and Duke of Arenberg, Duke of Aarschot and Croy (died 1754) and his wife Marie-Françoise Pignatelli, Princess of Bisaccia and Contess of Egmont (died 1766); probably by descent to their son, Charles-Marie-Raymond, Duke of Arenberg and Aarschot (died 1778); probably by descent to his son, Louis-Engelbert, Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Meppen, Prince of Recklinghausen (died 1820); probably by descent to his son, Prosper-Louis, Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Meppen, Prince of Recklinghausen (died 1861); probably by descent to his son, Engelbert-Auguste, Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Meppen, Prince of Recklinghausen (d. 1875); by descent to his son Engelbert-Marie, Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Meppen, Prince of Recklinghausen (died 1949); probably by descent to his son, Engelbert-Charles, Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Meppen, Prince of Recklinghausen (died 1974); sold, Sotheby’s, London, Duke of Meppen sale, October 17, 1958, lot 138; probably to Perez and Company (dealers), London; sold Galerie Fisher, Lucerne, lot 428, June 21-27, 1960; Wildenstein and Company (dealers), New York, before 1965: sold to Col. C. Michael Paul (died 1980), New York, as of 1965; given to the Art Institute, 1969.
Accession Number
32724
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.7 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements and a single Z-spun element; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements (may be replacement wefts); diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; wool and silk; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.4 mm. Three-quarters of piece rewoven
Dimensions
511.8 × 454.1 cm (201 1/2 × 178 3/4 in.)
Classification
weaving - tapestry
Credit Line
Gift of Col. C. Michael Paul
