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Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus

Description

Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus is an internationally celebrated Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm created by Jan van Leefdael (c. 1650). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Provenance

An unidentified Italian family, Rome, to 1890; sold to the Art Institute, with Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani acting as agent, 1890.

Dimensions

351.2 × 424.8 cm (138 1/4 × 167 1/4 in.)

Movement / Period

Baroque

Accession No

462

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of After a design by Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678) Woven at the workshop of Jan van Leefdael (1603–1668) Brussels

Baroque • Brussels • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries