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Chateau de Chaumont Set

Chateau de Chaumont Set

1512–1515
(?)
silk and wool; tapestry weave
Average: 321.8 x 452 cm (126 11/16 x 177 15/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1960.176
Location: 113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts

Description

Louise of Savoy (1476-1531), queen mother of King Francis I, is depicted here in a sumptuous brocaded velvet in the center. She addresses youthful figures including Éléonore, Pierre Sala’s daughter who is facing her future husband, Hector. On the right, King Louis XII (died 1514) stands in front of the Chateau Langais where he had married Anne of Brittany. Above is Hector’s deceased father with a partially concealed skull under his robe, while a woman expresses surprise at the sight. The verse in Old French at the top states that youthful happiness is not eternal: Youth makes sounds as long as its heart is healthy, And thinks that it holds all in its hand. But this triumph is not eternal. Here you see clearly an example: He that is happy has death in his breast. Of this you people should take note.
  • one of set of three allegorical tapestries from the Chateau de Chaumont until 1907; Duveen Collection, New York, in 1925; Clarence H. MacKay Collection until 1939; (French & Co., New York).
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” December 13, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Three Tapestries from Chaumont." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 7 (1961): 159-77 p. 159-177 25142461
    Saisselin, Remy G. "Literary Background of the Chaumont Tapestries." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 7 (1961). p.178-181 25142462
    Wixom, William D., and Leona E. Prasse. "Traditions in the Chaumont Tapestries." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 7 (1961): 182-90. p. 182-190 25142463
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 74, 75 archive.org
    Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned: cat. no. VII 23, p. 336
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 74, 75 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 85 archive.org
    Seaton, Douglass. Ideas and Styles in the Western Musical Tradition. Mountain View, Calif: Mayfield Pub. Co, 1991.
    May, Sally Ruth. Knockouts: a pocket guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Reproduced: no. 29, p. 14
    Vignon, Charlotte. Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880-1940. New York: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2019. Mentioned & reproduced: pp. 218, fig.78 -219
    Passot, Sebastien. ""Are You Sure This Is What He Means?" Considerations on Dress Terminology in French Sources and Their Subsequent Translation." In Structuring Fashion: Foundation Garments Through History. Frank Matthias Kammel, and Johannes Pietsch, eds., 63-71. Munich: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum; Munich: Hirmer, 2019. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 64-65, fig. 2
  • Gallery 113 tapestry rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2012-present).
    Chefs d'oeuvre de la Tapisserie du XIVème au XVIème siècle (Tapestry Masterpieces from the 14th to the 16th Century). Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (organizer) (October 26, 1973-January 7, 1974); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 7-April 19, 1974).
    Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).
    50th Anniversary Exhibition. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (March 3, 1963-April 5, 1964).
    Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
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