AUDENARDE Very original and rare Tapestry... - Lot 45 - FEE - Stanislas Machoïr

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AUDENARDE Very original and rare Tapestry... - Lot 45 - FEE - Stanislas Machoïr
AUDENARDE Very original and rare Tapestry of Audenarde (Flanders). Beginning of the XVIIth century. Method of hunting monkeys According to the symbolism, taken from the gospel of John 9 -1-41 : the blind man Born Made of wool and silk. Reweaving in the borders in the 19th century Nice freshness of the colors. Reweaving in the borders in the 19th century. Borders with sprays of foliage and flowers, fruit basins, birds and flowering plants. Height 310cm - Width 240cm History: According to the symbolism of the Gospel of John 9-4-41 the blind man born. The monkey represents evil, imitating man and imitating the blind. The resemblance of apes to man has long intrigued. Aristotle discusses it in his history of animals. Pliny the Elder (23-79) discusses it in his natural history, the apes of Wisdom, including the blind man. The oldest trace is found in the talks of Confucius (VI century BC) and they were introduced into Buddhism by a monk (Xuanzang) in the VII century AD. The description of the scene of this tapestry is obvious in the Natural History of BUFFON (Volume II, p. 267). Buffon writing in the 18 th century, took again this method and technique of hunting to the monkeys of an older work and having probably studied the work of Jakob de Bondt on the monkeys and orangutans. Charles Perrault was probably influenced by this booklet to write the tale: The Seven Leagues Boots. Documentation : Amandine GAUDRON. The medieval monkey. History of an ambiguous animal: knowledge, symbols and representations Michèle ROSELLINI. The monkeys of the Fountain.
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