The Jason Tapestries

Jean François de Troy (1679 - 1752)

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1758 - 1761

Seven Gobelins tapestries, six from 1758-61, and the seventh from 1783. Commissioned from Jean Francois de Troy when Head of the French Academy in Rome, and designed 1743-46 at Rome.

• Medium: tapestry
• Art Fund Grant: £1500 ( Total: £3,800)
• ArtFunded in: 1950
• Vendor: Baroness Burton

Provenance

Bought between 1800-1820 by William Murray, later Lord Mansfield of Kenwood; 1870 sold to Mr. M. G. Bass, father of Lord Burton; Baroness Burton.

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