Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus

Provenance

An unidentified Italian family, Rome, to 1890; sold to the Art Institute, with Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani acting as agent, 1890.

Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus

Jan van Leefdael

c. 1650

Accession Number

462

Medium

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm

Dimensions

351.2 × 424.8 cm (138 1/4 × 167 1/4 in.)

Classification

weaving - tapestry

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Charles J. Singer through the Antiquarian Society

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