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THBFlemish 'Meleager Presenting to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar' Wool Tapestry
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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveMar 11, 2025
Featuring a collection of 17 rare and important tapestries from the Brooklyn Museum, including a 15th-century millefleur and animal example, as well as a series with William Randolph Hearst provenance. Fine art highlights include four works by Bruno Zupan, Spring Landscape by Raymond Thibesart, and a lifetime collection of early René Lalique glass. The collection also features fine examples of period British furniture, early English silver from a Charlottesville, VA estate (including epergnes, tankards, goblets, and loving cups), and a fine selection of carpets, including Serapi and Oushak. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
late 17th/early 18th century, scene of Meleager presenting the head of a boar to the huntress Atalanta, within an architectural landscape with lush vegetation, attendants and hounds at right, naturalistic floral and bird motif border with scrollwork, quivers, and two different insignia, 107 x 174 in.
Provenance: Provenance: Prior provenance not yet documented; before 1944, acquired by Duveen Bros. Inc., New York, NY; before 1944, purchased from Duveen Bros., Inc. by Leo Wallerstein of New York; 1944, Gift of Leo Wallerstein to the Brooklyn Museum; Property of the Brooklyn Museum
Exhibition History: Brooklyn Museum, “Recent Accessions,” February 8 - April 15, 1945.
Publication History: “Exhibition of Recent Accessions.” Brooklyn Museum Bulletin 6, no. 5 (February 1945): n.p.
- Provenance
Provenance: Prior provenance not yet documented; before 1944, acquired by Duveen Bros. Inc., New York, NY; before 1944, purchased from Duveen Bros., Inc. by Leo Wallerstein of New York; 1944, Gift of Leo Wallerstein to the Brooklyn Museum; Property of the Brooklyn Museum
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- Condition
fading throughout and some fugitive colors, repairs to foundation, separations to upper right hand of panel, reduced, border seams at base do not align, minor staining to lining, later binding
