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Tapestry

History of Esther
Lost Art-ID
623238
Artist / Creator
Manufaktur Wismar
Title
Tapestry
Additional title
History of Esther
Dating
1626
Object type
Consumer / interior textiles
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Fabric (Wool) ; Fabric (Silk) / woven
Height
240.00 cm
Width
182.50 cm
Inventory number
H-I 102
Description

Tapestry with scenes from the story of Esther and a surrounding border with fruit and flower garlands and allegories of Prudentia and Fortuna.

Dated lower left corner: ANNO and bottom right corner: 1626.

Provenance

1626 probably created by the city of Wismar.

Maximal 1888 - at least 1918 Collection Kaiser Wilhelm II, Berlin.

Whereabouts unknown.

At least 1934 art dealer Seligmann & Fils, Paris.

Whereabouts unknown after 1934.

Before June 1961 Kurt Rossacher Collection, Salzburg.

14-15 June 1961 Auction Adolf Weinmüller, Munich.

After 15 June 1961 Art dealer F.K.A. Huelsmann, Hamburg.

1984 Bequest F.K.A./G.A.E. Huelsmann to the city of Bielefeld.

Since 1995 Location Museum Huelsmann, Bielefeld.

Literature / Source

Archiv Museum Huelsmann: Inventarkarte H-I 102 & Objektmappe.

Aukt. Kat. Weinmüller 14.-15.6.1961, Lot. 620, Taf. 37.

Aus der Auktion Weinmüller, München, 14./15. Juni 1961. In: Weltkunst 11.1961 (1.6.), S. 21 m. Abb.

Göbel, Heinrich: Wandteppiche (III. Teil, Band 2), Leipzig 1934. S.130/131. Abb. 105 b.

Kat. Ausst. Bielefeld 2021, Vermächtnis sucht Herkunft. Provenienzforschung zur Sammlung Friedrich und Gertrud Hülsmann in Bielefeld, Bielefeld 2021, S. 58-61, m. Abb.

Wiewelhove, Hildegard, Prestel-Museumsführer- Kunstgewerbesammlung der Stadt Bielefeld /Stiftung Huelsmann, München u. a. 1999, S. 37 mit Abb.

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