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Boar hunt tapestry
Glencairn Museum
Bryn Athyn, United States
In the center section, a group of seven men hunt a boar, while in the upper left, two hunters track quarry on horseback. In the lower left section are three fashionably dressed ladies: one plays a lyre, another has made a wreath of flowers, and the third is picking flowers.
Sources:
- Carmen Gomez-Moreno, _Medieval Art From Private Collections: A Special Exhibition at the Cloisters, October 30, 1968 through March 30, 1969_ 1969, 208.
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Details
- Title: Boar hunt tapestry
- Location Created: Franco-Flemish, possibly Arras
- Physical Dimensions: 83 1/4 x 100 in. (212 x 255 cm.) (without modern border)
- Medium: Wool and metallic threads
- Further Information: “This tapestry is one of a small surviving group of early tapestries believed to have been woven in Arras. The only documented set in this group is one with scenes from the life of Sts. Piat and Eleutherius in the Cathedral of Tournai, commissioned in 1402. Among the other stylistically related tapestries are the Jourdain de Blaye tapestry in the Museo Civico, Padua, the Offering of the Heart in the Cluny Museum, Paris, part of a series depicting scenes from courtly life in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, and the falconry tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum. A detail on the upper left of this tapestry—a flag with a four-petal flower surrounded by holly foliage—also appears in the Jourdain de Blaye tapestry. The three ladies in the foreground group are so close to the ones in the courtly life series that they must have been inspired by the same or similar models. The sky area in this tapestry has been added. It is from another tapestry made in the same area but at a slightly later date.” (Carmen Gomez-Moreno, _Medieval Art From Private Collections: A Special Exhibition at the Cloisters, October 30, 1968 through March 30, 1969_ 1969, 208)
- Date: ca. 1400-1425
- Collection: Medieval
- Accession Number: 10.TP.371
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