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The Triumph of Eternity (from Chateau de Chaumont set)

1512–15

France, Lyon(?), early 16th century

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Medium
silk and wool; tapestry weave
Measurements
Overall: 319.3 x 377.6 cm (125 11/16 x 148 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from various donors by exchange 1960.176.1
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Location
113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts
Print

Description

The Triumph of Eternity is represented by the Coronation of the Virgin. Dressed in crimson velvet with an opulent brocaded velvet shawl, the Virgin is seated in the center as two angels hold a crown over her head. Five musical angels surround her playing an organ, recorder, straight cornetto, harp, and lute, while another sings from an open music book. The scenes in the set display a conservative style in which the figures are placed in shallow landscapes, thereby ignoring pictorial innovations for depicting space and mass. The verse in Old French at the top states: Nothing triumphing by due authority Remains permanent and durable. Nothing is permanent under the heavens, But above, eternity triumphs.
Tapestry depicting a garden scene with people with light skin tones wearing dark-pink, light-pink, and dark-blue garments that enwrap them in layered folds, the ground covered in small flowers. Central, a woman sits with a book open in her lap and two angels holding a crown over her head. Six more surround her, playing instruments or singing. Below, a woman and two children a fourth of the central woman's size move among the flowers. A block of Old French text cuts in on the upper right (see "Inscriptions").

The Triumph of Eternity (from Chateau de Chaumont set)

1512–15

France, Lyon(?), early 16th century

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