Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property from an Important Private Collection, Texas
An Allegory of Spring
Lot Closed
October 16, 05:57 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
depicting an allegory of Spring, with Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the goddess of love, resting on a cloud in the gardens of Versailles and supporting an oval floral medallion with Louis XIV on horseback
signed IL FEBVRE on the lower right corner of panel
silk and wool
9 ft. 8 in. by 13 ft. 2 in; 2.95 by 4 m.
Partridge Fine Art Ltd., London.
The present panel, depicting an allegory of spring, is from a series of tapestries, entitled The Seasons, based on designs by Charles Le Brun. Each design originally included classical deities associated with the relevant season, holding a wreath and engaging in activities typical of that time of year. In each weaving, the gods and goddesses are shown against a background of a royal gardens and architecture.
This specific weaving was woven during Jean Lebvre's or his sons' tenure as directors of the Gobelins Workshop.
RELATED LITERATURE
M.M. Fenaille, Tapisseries des Gobelins, Volume II, Paris, 1904, pp. 69 - 83.
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