Ladies Conversing with a Gentleman
tapestry weaver
Unknown
Dateabout 1510-1525
Place MadeBrussels, Brabant, Belgium, Europe
MediumWool warp (6 yarns per cm); wool and silk wefts
Dimensions208.3 x 124.5 cm (82 x 49 in.)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT19s10
eMuseum ID722706
EmbARK ObjectID13650
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)018
TMS Source ID2544
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 162. (style of Franco-Flemish, 16th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 42-43, no. 7b. (as Flemish, probably Brussels, 1510-1525)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 42-43, no. 7b. (as Flemish, probably Brussels, 1510-1525)
ProvenanceNotesCreated from a patchwork of tapestry fragments, likely as a pendant to the Trumpeters tapestry (museum no. T19s3) of similar size.
The two tapestries were purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner probably for about 1,800 francs from an unknown dealer in Paris on about 2 June 1892, through the exporter Charles H. Rafard and his employee Fernand Robert, Paris.
The two tapestries were purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner probably for about 1,800 francs from an unknown dealer in Paris on about 2 June 1892, through the exporter Charles H. Rafard and his employee Fernand Robert, Paris.
Jan Moy
about 1535-1550
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