Landscape with Bird (fragment)
possibly Oudenaarde
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1650 - circa 1675
Materials
Tapestry, wool and silk with painted canvas addition
Measurements
1.22 x 2.32 m
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338370
Summary
Tapestry, wool and silk fragment with painted canvas addition on the right, Landscape with Bird on the ground and one in a tree, possibly Oudenaarde, c. 1650-1675. A fragment of landscape with trees and a large bird resembling a crane in the foreground. There is a border on the left decorated with scrollwork, stylised dolphins and pairs of crossed shawms. On the right a section of painted canvas has been added, continuing the landscape and adding a border echoing the one on the left. The addition was made by Charles Paget Wade, who lived at Snowshill and who gave the house and collection to the National Trust. In notebook no.1, page 63(1340945.1) Charles Wade refers to: 'Meridian 5. Fragment of Flemish Tapistry (sic) with a crane in the foreground, against forest background. 4’0” x 7’0”.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade (1883-1956).
Credit line
1338370
Makers and roles
possibly Oudenaarde, workshop
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 1 Ground Floor, 1944, page 63