A fragment of an early tapestry with Jacob and the Pharoah - image-1
A fragment of an early tapestry with Jacob and the Pharoah - image-2
A fragment of an early tapestry with Jacob and the Pharoah - image-1A fragment of an early tapestry with Jacob and the Pharoah - image-2

Lot 1000 Dα

A fragment of an early tapestry with Jacob and the Pharoah

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
20.05.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 2.790 € (incl. premium)
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A fragment of an early tapestry with Jacob and the Pharoah

Depicting the pharaoh enthroned on the right, before him stands Joseph and behind him kneels Jacob and Joseph's brothers with their families. Monogrammed lower left. Earlier insect damage, minor holes, localised older repairs. 311 x 355 cm.
Brussels or Netherlands, 16th C.

Literature

Tapestries with a similar mark depicting the story of Jacob in Göbel, Wandteppiche, part I, vol. I, Leipzig 1923, marks chart p. 7.
A similar depiction, possibly after the same design, attributed to Holland (2nd half 16th C.) in: Böttger, Tapisseries a Figures, Stockholm 1928, illus. 28.