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A FLEMISH LATE GOTHIC BIBLICAL TAPESTRY

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Auction dateClassic
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 791832
Lot 22 | A FLEMISH LATE GOTHIC BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
A FLEMISH LATE GOTHIC BIBLICAL TAPESTRY

CIRCA 1490-1510, TOURNAI OR BRUSSELS

Depicting the meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and woven in wools and silks, the central field with Solomon enthroned beneath a baldachin with hands outstretched to Sheba kneeling before him to the right, surrounded on both sides by attendants in lavish courtly dress, the foreground with two children, within ribbon-tied foliate borders

100 in. (254 cm.) high; 100 in. (254 cm.) wide





Provenance

Collection of the Fugger family, Vienna.

Collection of Baron von und zu Aufsess, Nuremberg.

Collection of Arthur und Alma Salomonsohn (latterly Solmssen), Berlin from 1916.

Collection of Dr. Jacques Koerfer, Berlin in 1940.

Collection of a Swiss Private Collector in 1990.

Agreement with the Solmssen (formerly Salomonsohn) heirs in 2022.



Please note that the present work is being offered for sale pursuant to a restitution settlement agreement between the current owner and the Solmssen (formerly Salomonsohn) heirs. The settlement agreement resolves the dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the successful bidder.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Göbel, Tapestries of the Lowlands, New York, 1924.

The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Vol. 26, No. 6 (Jun, 1939).

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin , Jun., 1954, New Series, Vol. 12, No. 10 (Jun, 1954).

Adolfo Salvatore Cavallo, Medieval tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993.

Oud Holland, 1998, Vol. 112, No. 2⁄3, pp. 77-103.



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Art style:Gothic art
Place of origin:Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
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