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THBRare and Important Flemish Mythological "Telemachus and Mentor Escape From the Island of Calypso" Silk and Wool Tapestry, William Randolph Hearst
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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
Brussels, 1729-1745, by Urbanus Leyniers, 1674-1747 and Daniël IV Leyniers, 1705-1770, after designs by Jan van Orley, 1665-1735 and Augustin Coppens, 1668-1740, scene depicting the escape of Telemachus (lower right) and Mentor (upper right) the island of Calypso, two nymphs on the left chase after the two men as they jump into the sea, in the background at left is their original ship, destroyed by other nymphs, and at right is the ship that will rescue them, frame style border with acanthus and stick motif, Brussels mark and “V.LEYNIERS” lower right of scene, 142-3/4 x 153-1/8 in.
Provenance: acquired by Henry Symons of New York, NY; 1922 purchased from Henry Symons by French & Co., New York; 1927 purchased from French & Co. by William Randolph Hearst; 1951 inherited from William Randolph Hearst by the Hearst Foundation, Inc., New York; 1954 gift of the Hearst Foundation, Inc. to the Brooklyn Museum; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Exhibition History: Brooklyn Museum, entrance hall display, June 15, 1954.
Publication History: Devree, Howard, About Art and Artists; Brooklyn Museum Displays 2 Tapestries Presented by Hearst Foundation, New York Times, June 16, 1954: 29; “Curatorial Departments: Department of Decorative Arts.” Brooklyn Museum Annual Report (1953-1954): 19.
Cavallo, Adolf S. Scenes from the History of Telemachus, Brooklyn Museum Bulletin 17, no. 3 (Spring 1956): 8-12; Telemachus arrives at temple of Venus (Aphrodite) at Cythera, on island of Cyprus, c. 1724-1728, Study Photographs of Tapestries, catalogued by Adolph S. Cavallo and Thomas P. Campbell, 1914-1995. Getty Research Institute 97.P.7. Original DB ID 1734. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/97p7_306491. (54.4.2a only); Brosens, Koenraad. A Contextual Study of Brussels Tapestry, 1670-1770: The Dye Works and Tapestry Workshop of Urbanus Leyniers (1674-1747). Brussels: Paleis der Academien, 2004, p. 102-103, 108-109, 169; Brosens, Koenraad. European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago, edited by Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2008. p. 327 (note 16). - Provenance
acquired by Henry Symons of New York, NY; 1922 purchased from Henry Symons by French & Co., New York; 1927 purchased from French & Co. by William Randolph Hearst; 1951 inherited from William Randolph Hearst by the Hearst Foundation, Inc., New York; 1954 gift of the Hearst Foundation, Inc. to the Brooklyn Museum; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
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uneven fading, probably repairs to upper left corner, scattered separations, small hole below head of figure lower right
