Triumph of Spring from the "Triumph of the Seasons" Series

1537 or 1538

Master A. P., Artist Flemish, Weaver

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European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

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Title Triumph of Spring from the "Triumph of the Seasons" Series

Artwork Date 1537 or 1538

Makers Master A. P. (Artist) Netherlandish, active 1537 (Weaver) Flemish

Medium Wool and silk

Dimensions Overall: 110 × 158 inches (279.4 cm × 4 m 1.3 cm)

Classification Tapestries

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Standish Backus, Mrs. Walter O. Briggs, Mrs. Hugh Dillman, Mrs. Henry B. Joy, Mrs. Joseph Schlotman, Mr. Edsel B. Ford, Mr. John S. Newberry, Mr. Robert H. Tannahill, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 41.40

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Inscriptions Inscribed, top center: OVIDI.2.METAMORPH. | VER NOVUM STABAT CINCTU FLORETE CORONA Inscribed, figures in foreground identified: MERCURI, ORPHEVS, PAN, LIBER PATER, FLORA, VER, APOLLO, NOVEM MVSAE Inscribed, standards: MARS, APRILIS, MAIVS Inscribed, background: CHARITES, D[I]ONYSIVS, PLEVRESIS, TRIPTOLENUS, PROFLU VIV SANGVINIS, SA[N]GUINEIS, FONS CAB | ALLINUS, CVPIDO

Provenance

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

1941-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Müntz, E. Histoire de la Tapisserie en Italie, en Allemagne, en Angleterre, en Espagne, en Danemark, en Hongrie, en Pologne, en Russie, et en Turquie, vol. 2. Paris, 1878-84, p. 11.

"The Arts Commission Annual Report for the year 1941," Bulletin of the DIA 21 (1942): (cover ill.), pp. 37, 44.

"Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600," Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1958, no. 190 [cat. or checklist?].

Asselberghs, J.-P. Les Tapisseries Flamandes aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Brussels, 1974, p. 24, (fig. 11).

Grazzini, N. Forti. L'Arazzo Ferrarese. Milan, 1982, p. 87, note 11, pl. 62, (fig. 18).

Delmarcel, G. and E. Duverger. "Bruges et la tapisserie," Exh. cat., Bruges, Gruuthusemuseum. 1987, p. 216.

Dell, T., et al. The Dodge Collection of 18th Century French and English Art in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1996, appendix I, p. 225 (ill. p. 224).

Woven Splendor: Five Centuries of European Tapestry at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, July-September 1996, cat. no. 10, pp. 40-4, (color repro) pp. 42-3, (color det.) pp. 6, 45 [entry by A.P. Darr].

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Flemish; after Master A. P., Triumph of Spring from the "Triumph of the Seasons" Series, 1537 or 1538, wool and silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Standish Backus, Mrs. Walter O. Briggs, et al., 41.40.