Provenance
Mathieu-Paul-August-Maurice Chabrières-Arlés [1829-1897], Lyon. Baron Leopold Hirsch, London. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris), by 1918.[1] Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[2] gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] The tapestry was lent by Duveen Brothers to an exhibition in Cleveland in 1918.
[2] The tapestry was In the Widener collection by 1925, when it was published by George Leland Hunter, _The Practical Book of Tapestries_, Philadelphia and London, 1925: 23+.
Accession Number
1942.9.445
Medium
tapestry: undyed wool warp; dyed wool, silk, and silver-gilt- and silver-wrapped silk weft
Dimensions
overall: 255.3 x 334.3 cm (100 1/2 x 131 5/8 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art
Credit Line
Widener Collection