Antony Presents Artavasdes, King of the Armenians, to Cleopatra from The Story of Antony and Cleopatra

Textiles

c. 1640

Woven at the workshop of Everard III Leyniers (1597–1680)
Brussels

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Evrard Leyniers (Manufacturer)
Title: Antony Presents Artavasdes, King of the Armenians, to Cleopatra from The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Place: Brussels (Object made in:)
Date: Made 1630-1650
Medium: Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.55–0.65 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm
Inscriptions: Marked and signed: Brussels city mark; E. LEYNIERS
Dimensions: 439.4 × 304.8 cm (173 × 120 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marshall Field and Company
Reference Number: 1952.1242
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Koenraad Brosens, ed., Christa C. Mayer Thurman, gen. ed., European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat., [exhibition: “The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago”] (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2008) 127-132, cat. 17 (ill.).

Marshall Field and Co., Chicago, by June 19, 1952 [incoming receipt, RX646, June 19, 1952; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1952.

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