About the Artwork
Antique Battle Scene
between 1615 and 1622
François Tons
1576 - 1633
Flemish
Unknown
Wool and silk
Overall: 138 1/2 × 183 1/2 inches (3 m 51.8 cm × 4 m 66.1 cm)
Tapestries
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. Julian Harris in memory of her mother, Mrs. Henry Stephens
57.146
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marked, weaver's mark, right selvege, bottom.
Provenance
Duc d'Avaray (Paris, France)
January 22-23, 1915, Duc d'Avaray sale (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA), lot 254
Mrs. Julian Harris (Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA)
1957-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Asselberghs, J.-P. Les Tapisseries Flamandes aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Brussels, 1974, p. 25.
The Art of Chivalry. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April-June, 1984, not in cat.
Asselberghs, J.-P., Delmarcel, G., and Garcia Calvo, M. "Un tapissier bruxellois actif en Espagne: François Tons," Bulletin des Musees Royaux d'Art et d'Historie, Bruxelles, vol. 56, 1985, p.102.
Woven Splendor: Five Centuries of European Tapestry at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, July-Sept 1996, cat. no. 11, pp. 14, 48-9, color repro pp. 46-7, color det. p. 49 (entry by T. Albainy).
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François Tons, Antique Battle Scene, between 1615 and 1622, wool and silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Julian Harris in memory of her mother, Mrs. Henry Stephens, 57.146.
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