Tapestries

Workshop of Peter van den Hecke (Flemish, 1680–1752)
after Philippe de Hondt (Flemish, 1683–1741)
Arrival of the Shepherdesses at the Wedding of Camacho
1730–45 (before 1748)
Wool and silk
10 ft. 3 in. x 18 ft. 3 in. (313 x 555.2 cm)
Signed, lower right: p. van.den.hecke [with both n’s in reverse]
The Frick Collection, New York (1965.10.20)

Provenance: French royal collection, Paris, recorded in 1749. Possibly collection of the Vicomte de Fontarce, Paris, ca. 1900. Hubert Mersmann, Los Martines, Granada, Spain. Henry Clay Frick, 1909. Childs Frick, Roslyn, New York. Bequeathed by him in 1965.

Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (French)
under the direction of Michel Audran (French, 1701–1771) "
and his son Jean Audran fils (French, d. 1794)
Main scene after Charles Coypel (French, 1694–1752)
Alentour after Claude Audran III (French, 1658–1734),
Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay fils (French, 1668–1730),
and Alexandre-François Desportes (French, 1661–1743)
The Cowardice of Sancho at the Hunt
1772
Wool and silk; modern cotton support straps and lining
12 ft. 1 in. x 13 ft. 4 in. (368 x 406 cm)
Signed, lower right corner of field: audran; lower right corner of border: audran.g.1772 [the “2” woven sideways]
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (82.DD.69)

Provenance: Given by Louis XVI on August 20, 1786 to Albert and Marie-Christine (sister of Queen Marie-Antoinette), Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Teschen and Joint Governors of the Austrian Netherlands. By descent to Karl Ludwig Johann Joseph Lorenz, Duke of Teschen, 1822. By descent to Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Duke of Teschen, 1847. By descent to Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Teschen, Schloss Halbturn, Burgenland, Austria, 1895 (removed to London, 1936). Alice Bucher, Lucerne, Switzerland (offered for sale, Sotheby’s, London, December 8, 1967, lot 1). Galerie Römer, Zurich, 1981. Sold Sotheby’s, Monaco, June 14, 1982, lot 571. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1982.

Workshop of Peter van den Hecke (Flemish, 1680–1752)
after Philippe de Hondt (Flemish, 1683–1741)
Sancho Departs for the Island of Barataria
1730–45 (before 1748)
Wool and silk
10 ft. 4 in. x 19 ft. 5 in. (314.6 x 591.2 cm)
Signed, lower right: p.van.den.hecke [with both n’s in reverse]
The Frick Collection, New York (1965.10.21)

Provenance: French royal collection, Paris, recorded in 1748. Possibly collection of the Vicomte de Fontarce, Paris, ca. 1900. Hubert Mersmann, Los Martines, Granada, Spain. Henry Clay Frick, 1909. Childs Frick, Roslyn, New York. Bequeathed by him in 1965.

Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (French)
under the direction of Michel Audran (French, 1701–1771)
and his son Jean Audran fils (French, d. 1794)
Main scene after Charles Coypel (French, 1694–1752)
Alentour after Claude Audran III (French, 1658–1734),
Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay fils (French, 1668–1730),
and Alexandre-François Desportes (French, 1661–1743)
Sancho Arrives on the Island of Barataria
1772
Wool and silk; modern cotton support straps and lining
12 ft. 1 in. x 13 ft. 7 in. (368 x 414 cm)

Signed, lower right corner of field: audran; lower right corner of border: audran.g. 1772 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (82.DD.68)

Provenance: Given by Louis XVI on August 20, 1786 to Albert and Marie-Christine (sister of Queen Marie-Antoinette), Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Teschen and Joint Governors of the Austrian Netherlands. By descent to Karl Ludwig Johann Joseph Lorenz, Duke of Teschen, 1822. By descent to Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Duke of Teschen, 1847. By descent to Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Teschen, Schloss Halbturn, Burgenland, Austria, 1895 (removed to London, 1936). Alice Bucher, Lucerne, Switzerland (offered for sale, Sotheby’s, London, December 8, 1967, lot 1). Galerie Römer, Zurich, 1981. Sold Sotheby’s, Monaco, June 14, 1982, lot 571. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1982.

Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (French)
under the direction of Michel Audran (French, 1701−1771)
and his son Jean Audran fils (French, d. 1794)
Main scene after Charles Coypel (French, 1694–1752)
Alentour after Claude Audran III (French, 1658−1734),
Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay fils (French, 1668−1730),
and Alexandre-François Desportes (French, 1661−1743)
Don Quixote Delivered from Folly by Wisdom
1773
Wool and silk; modern cotton support straps and lining
12 ft. 2 in. x 12 ft. 8 in. (370.8 x 386.1 cm)
Signed, lower right corner of field: audran [the n incomplete]; lower right corner of border: audran.g. 1773
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (82.DD.66)

Provenance: Given by Louis XVI on August 20, 1786 to Albert and Marie-Christine (sister of Queen Marie-Antoinette), Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Teschen and Joint Governors of the Austrian Netherlands. By descent to Karl Ludwig Johann Joseph Lorenz, Duke of Teschen, 1822. By descent to Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Duke of Teschen, 1847. By descent to Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Teschen, Schloss Halbturn, Burgenland, Austria, 1895 (removed to London, 1936). Alice Bucher, Lucerne, Switzerland (offered for sale, Sotheby’s, London, December 8, 1967, lot 1). Galerie Römer, Zurich, 1981. Sold Sotheby’s, Monaco, June 14, 1982, lot 571. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1982.