TAPESTRY, tapestry weave. "Seated nymphs" from the suite Apollo and Daphne. 275 x 302 cm. Atelier de la Chaise, Faubourg St. Germain (1628-1668), Paris.
Raphael de la Planche or Sébastien-Francois de la Planche. The suite Apollo and Daphne, a set of four tapestries. After Ovid's Metamorphoses. The composition under the influence of the school of Raphael.
A large polychrome scene with nymphs in a landscape. In the foreground are the seated nymphs, in the background is the hunting Daphne with her dogs. The border has flowers, fruits and a leaf festoon. At the right lower part of the outer border is a fleur-de-lis. Wool and silk. Lined. Restored in 1898 at the Handarbetets Vänner, Stockholm.
Partly worn, slightly dirty, damages, restored, re-woven areas, repairs, some painted areas. Parts of the outer border are later.
Provenance
Previous in the Bonde collections at Hörningsholm, Theleborg, Hesselby and Rome until the sale at Bukowskis in spring 1986 auction 440, # 1191.
Literature
Svenska Slott och Herresäten vid 1900-talets början, Stockholm 1909: Småland, Teleborg, pp 27-32, plate p 31.
Svenska Hem i ord och bilder, åttonde årg., Stockholm 1920: Hesselby slott, pp 1-32, plates pp 19-20 pictured hanging in the dining room.
Böttiger, John: Tapisseries à Figures des XVIe et XVIIe Siècles, Stockholm 1928, Planches 81, Inventaire Descriptif No 85, pp 98-104.
Fogelmarck, Stig: Theleborg på greve Christer Bondes tid, Kronobergsboken 1965, about the suite.
Slott och herresäten i Sverige, Malmö 1971: Småland, Theleborg, pp 219-224, text p 222, plate p 224.
Bukowski's auction catalogue No 440 spring 1986, # 1191, text p 187, colour plate 30.
More information
The production by the 17th century Parisian tapestry ateliers was important and of a high quality.