Set of English Eighteenth Century Tapestries
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Article describing a set of three early eighteenth-century English tapestries signed by John Vanderbank of the Great Queen Street (Soho) workshop, owned by Mrs. Harrison Williams of New York. The set shows Venus and Cupids scenes: Venus and Vulcan with Cupid Archers, Adonis and the Sleeping Venus, and Nymphs Clipping the Wings of Cupids. The author traces the designs to Francesco Albani's paintings and to earlier Brussels sets, compares the pieces with the Ackermann oil sketches, and describes each tapestry's composition, size and border. Plates show the tapestries, the Albani tondos in the Borghese Gallery, and the weaver's signature band.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1929
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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