Proverbs
tapestry weaver
Unknown
Dateabout 1500
Place MadeFlanders, Belgium, Europe
MediumWool warp (5 yarns per cm); wool and silk wefts.
Dimensions282 x 221 cm (111 x 87 in.)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT24w1
eMuseum ID721482
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)006
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)Textiles, Cavallo, 3
EmbARK ObjectID11959
TMS Source ID1109
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesElla S. Siple. "A Flemish 'Proverb' Tapestry in Boston." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (1933), pp. 29-31, 35, pl. A. (as 15th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 197-98, pl. 10. (as Flemish, late 15th century)
Jan Grauls. "Een vijftiendeeuws spreekwoorden." Artes Textiles (1956), pp. 14-26. (as from "a border town," possibly Tournai or Arrais)
Jean-Paul Asselberghs. Les tapisseries flamandes aux États-Unis d'Amérique (Brussels, 1974), p. 12. (as Flemish, end of the 15th century)
Donald King et al. "A Fifteenth Century Tapestry of The Story of Ahab." Fenway Court (1975), p. 3. (as 15th century)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 162-63, ill. (as Flemish, 1475-1500)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 30-31, no. 3. (as Flemish, 1475-1500)
Jennifer R. Gross et al. Threads of Dissent. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1999), pp. 9-10, ill. (as Flemish, 1475-1500)
Margaret A. Sullivan. "'Muti Magistri (Silent Teachers)': Learning from the Breug(h)els, Father and Son" in Wolfgang Mieder (ed.). The Netherlandish Proverbs. An International Symposium on the Pieter Brueg(h)els. Supplement Series of Proverbium, Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship (Vermont, 2004), fig. 3. (as about 1500)
Margaret A. Sullivan. Bruegel and the Creative Process, 1559-1563 (Burlington, Vermont, 2010), 22-23, fig. 6. (as about 1500)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 197-98, pl. 10. (as Flemish, late 15th century)
Jan Grauls. "Een vijftiendeeuws spreekwoorden." Artes Textiles (1956), pp. 14-26. (as from "a border town," possibly Tournai or Arrais)
Jean-Paul Asselberghs. Les tapisseries flamandes aux États-Unis d'Amérique (Brussels, 1974), p. 12. (as Flemish, end of the 15th century)
Donald King et al. "A Fifteenth Century Tapestry of The Story of Ahab." Fenway Court (1975), p. 3. (as 15th century)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 162-63, ill. (as Flemish, 1475-1500)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 30-31, no. 3. (as Flemish, 1475-1500)
Jennifer R. Gross et al. Threads of Dissent. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1999), pp. 9-10, ill. (as Flemish, 1475-1500)
Margaret A. Sullivan. "'Muti Magistri (Silent Teachers)': Learning from the Breug(h)els, Father and Son" in Wolfgang Mieder (ed.). The Netherlandish Proverbs. An International Symposium on the Pieter Brueg(h)els. Supplement Series of Proverbium, Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship (Vermont, 2004), fig. 3. (as about 1500)
Margaret A. Sullivan. Bruegel and the Creative Process, 1559-1563 (Burlington, Vermont, 2010), 22-23, fig. 6. (as about 1500)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Seligmann & Co., Paris on 11 March 1905 for $8,000, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
