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The Offering to the God Pan

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The Offering to the God Pan
DesignerFrench, 1636–1699
DesignerFrench, 1648–1729
MakerFrench, founded 1664
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Offering to the God Pan
  • from the Berain Grotesques
Datec. 1690–1730
MediumTapestry: Wool and silk
DimensionsOverall: 114 × 130 5/8 in. (289.6 × 331.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2026.206
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
ProvenanceRobert and Violette Cointreau, Manoir des Lauriers, Savennières, France, 1971-1975; [Vente Me Ferri, Paris, 18-19 June 1975, lot 320]; Private collection, France, sometime after 1975; [Christie's, Paris, 24 November 2020, lot 181A]; [De Wit Koninklijke Manufactuur van Wandtapijten, Belgium, 2020-2026]; purchased by MFAH, 2026.


Exhibition HistoryNone
Published References Roger-Armand Weigert, Les Grotesques de Beauvais et les tapisseries de Chevening (Kent), Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français (1933), pp. 7-21. R.-A. Weigert, Les Grotesques de Beauvais, Hyphé 1 (Jan-Feb 1946), pp. 66-73. Edith A. Standen, European Post-Medieval Tapestries. New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, vol. II, pp. 455-458, cat. no. 64f. Charissa Bremer-David, French Tapestries and Textiles in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles; The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997, pp. Charissa Bremer-David, Conundrum. Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series. Los Angeles; The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2015. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Embroidered in red thread on verso, bottom left corner: DE WIT / Royal Manufacturers / Belgium - 2022
Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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