Property from a Midwest Educational Institution
A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY, BY JAN VAN DER BORGHT, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
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October 21, 02:49 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Property from a Midwest Educational Institution
A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY, BY JAN VAN DER BORGHT, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
with Brussels town mark and weaver's signature: I.V.D. Beurght (?)
wool and silk
11 ft. 11 in. by 16 ft. 10 in
3.63 m. by 5.13 m.
Gift of Mrs. Dora Donner Ide
Van der Borght (d. 1742) belonged to one of the most significant tapestry weaving dynasties in Brussels and is recorded as having obtained his privileges in 1684.
The borders of this tapestry can also be found on other mythological tapestries by the same weaver, one of which was sold in these rooms 22 - 23 November 1985, lot 458 and may have been from the same set. Another was sold at Christie's New York, November 22, 2011, lot 321, and another depicting the allegory of 'Simplicitas' by Albert Auwercx is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (D. Heinz, Europäische Tapisseriekunst des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1995, p. 39).