Object details
Object number
T19s3
Creator(s)
Flemish, Brussels
Title
Trumpeters
Date
about 1510-1525
Medium
Wool warp (6 yarns per cm); wool and silk wefts
Description
Human figures
Dimensions
205.7 x 127 cm (81 x 50 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (scroll): [first word is illegible] ... EIS...ET...IVSTI...ABVVT... [illegible] VT... (the Latin inscription is too fragmentary to interpret)
Provenance
Created from a patchwork of tapestry fragments, likely as a pendant to the Ladies Conversing with a Gentleman tapestry (museum no. T19s10) of similar size.
The two tapestries were purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner probably for about 1,800 francs from an unknown dealer in Paris on about 2 June 1892, through the exporter Charles H. Rafard and his employee Fernand Robert, Paris.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 162. (style of Franco-Flemish, 16th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 42-43, no. 7a. (as Flemish, probably Brussels, 1510-1525)
Gallery
Tapestry Room
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