AN AUBUSSON BIBLICAL TAPESTRY

EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY FRANOIS GRELLET

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AN AUBUSSON BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
Early 18th Century, possibly by Franois Grellet
Woven in wools, depicting Armida before Godefroy of Bouillon from The Story of Godefroy of Bouillon in Jerusalem Delivered, with a king seated on a throne flanked by a soldier in Roman armour and before him with a kneeling maiden and with further soldiers surrounding her, with various tents in the background, within a floral column border and within a brown outer slip, signed on the lower border M.R.DAVBVSSON.FG, with restored splits reweaving and patching
116 in. x 168.5 in. (295 cm. x 428 cm.)

Lot Essay

This tapestry is based on Torquato Tasso's (1544-1595) Jerusalem Delivered of 1581. The epic poem relays the various crusades undertaken by the Christians against the Muslims to regain the grave of Christ.

A tapestry of closely related design is in the collection of Baron Benoît de Bonvoisin (D. and P. Chevalier and P.-F. Bertrand, Les tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Lausanne, 1988, p. 51).

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