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An exceptional, delicate and substantial TAPESTRY FROM THE B…
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An exceptional, delicate and substantial TAPESTRY FROM THE B…
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Estimate €9,000 - €10,000
Voluntary lot
Description
An exceptional, delicate and substantial TAPESTRY FROM THE BRUSSELS MANUFACTORY, Flanders
Circa 1650/1670.
Dimensions: 340 cm high x 390 cm wide.
In wool and silk.
Beautiful polychromy.
Some oxidation and natural wear.
Remarkably fresh colours.
Subject: taken from the story of Joseph (Vizier of Egypt) receiving his brothers who had come to buy grain (Genesis 42).
Major museums holding Brussels tapestries featuring scenes from the story of Joseph:
1) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2) City Museum of Brussels
3) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Result of a similar tapestry:
Christie’s, 30 September 1999, Lot No. 167, Estimate: £10,000–15,000, Sold for £10,350.
This tapestry depicts an episode from the story of Joseph in the Old Testament.
Joseph appears on the left, wearing a turban; in front of him, his brothers and Benjamin are kneeling or standing. Joseph was the favourite son of the patriarch Jacob and Rachel, and had many half-brothers who worked in the fields. Whilst they were working, Joseph remained with his father, which aroused their jealousy. Taken to Egypt, Joseph later became the kingdom’s chief administrator thanks to his talent for interpreting dreams. He predicted seven years of famine and enabled Egypt to prepare for it.
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