A Peasant Scene
François van der Borcht (1720 - 1765)
Category
Tapestries
Date
1730 - 1765
Materials
Tapestry
Measurements
3020 x 5512 mm
Place of origin
Brussels
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 885486
Summary
18th Century Flemish tapestry after a picture by David Teniers, 1610-1690, depicting a village scene and is unusual in that alongside the usual rustic elements of peasants making merry, it includes a grand palace facade on the right. Woven by Pierre (1712-63) and Francois (1720-65) van der Borcht.
Provenance
Given with the house to the National Trust by the 7th Viscount Clifden in 1953. In an inventory of 1886 this was the most valuable item in the house, valued at £150. George Wingfield Digby from the V and a Museum writes that the Teniers tapestry is identical with one illustrated in H.C. Marillier's Handbook to the Teniers Tapestries (Oxford Press 1932) plate no. 42b. This was one of a set sold from Ravensworth. These were woven by the Brussels weavers, Pierre (1712-63) and Francois (1720-65) van der Borcht, the second generation of this family of weavers who wove a great many Teniers subjects. The father usually signed his name in its latin form, a Castro. There is a similar set, including one like the Lanhydrock piece, at Petworth.
Makers and roles
François van der Borcht (1720 - 1765), weaver Pierre van der Borcht (d.1763) , weaver