The Triumph of Flora
An important Flemish Mythological tapestry, Brussels, from the series Triumph of the Gods, woven by Van der Borght workshop, early 18th century.
Wool and silk threads, maintaining fresh and original colour.
Width: 13ft 8ins (415cm) Height: 11ft 8ins (357cm)
Flora, wearing a red underskirt and a cream overdress, with a green cloth falling from the back of her head over her left shoulder, sits on a low pale brown chair. She holds white carnations in her right hand. Flora places her left hand on the shoulder of a winged boy, who carries a jar of flowers.
A gray-brown building is on the left, with the statue of a woman holding a basket in a niche. In the distance in the center is a formal garden in shades of gray and blue, with arched buildings and a fountain. On the right is a gray- brown pedestal with a ball on top. Large trees with brown and green trunks and blue and brown foliage frame the scene.
A similar example is in the Austrian National Collection, catalogue reference: Kunsthistorischen Museum in Vienna, page 44 plate 12F; and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; one similar, though a small section, without its original borders which is illustrated in Standen, European Post- Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings, page 239 plate 38. The Hermitage, St.Petersberg, have in their collection The Triumph of Diana from the series of the Triumph of the Gods.
Literature: Guy Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry, Thames & Hudson, 1999, illustrated page 237.
Price : P.O.A.
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