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About the Artwork

Triumph of Gluttony

ca. 1510

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Flemish

Unknown

Wool and silk

Overall: 162 inches × 17 feet 3 1/2 inches (4 m 11.5 cm × 5 m 27.1 cm)

Tapestries

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Mrs. Sidney D. Waldon in memory of Col. Sidney Dunn Waldon

50.60

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Inscribed, top of scene, at left: Exiguis contenta cibis natura perhorret Gula ex illa discrimina percipiens. Inscribed, top of scene, at right: Ingenium obfuscat nitidum luxus qua PROCACES Excitat huius vitae abbreviatque dies.

Provenance

Residence of the Bishop of Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France). Jose Dominguez (Spain)

(French & Co.) (New York, New York, USA)

January 19, 1929, purchased by Sidney D. Waldon, Esq. [1873–1945] (Clarkston, Michigan, USA)

1945, by descent to Helen Rentschler Waldon [1890–1967] (Clarkston, Michigan, USA)

1950-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Cavallo, A.S. "The Procession of Gula, a Flemish Tapestry," Bulletin of the DIA 32, no. 4 (1952-1953): pp. 86-89.

Asselberghs, J.-P. Les Tapisseries Flamande aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Brussels, 1974, p. 23.

Woven Splendor: Five Centuries of European Tapestry at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, July-September 1996, mentioned in checklist, p. 74.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Flemish, Triumph of Gluttony, ca. 1510, wool and silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Sidney D. Waldon in memory of Col. Sidney Dunn Waldon, 50.60.

Triumph of Gluttony
Triumph of Gluttony