17th Century Flanders Tapestry - The Story Of The High Gods - No. 1354

Cartouche at the top edge: Cybele, goddess of the earth, daughter of the sky, steals from Saturn their son Jupiter through Janus, God of peace. Border with double column frame and double cartridge surrounded by garlands of polychrome fruits and flowers. Note: Taken from an episode in the history of the High Gods: Cybele is a divinity of Phrygian origin, adopted first by the Greeks then by the Romans, personifying wild nature. She is presented as “Magna Mater”, Great Goddess, Mother Goddess or even Mother of the Gods. She is the wife of Saturn. Having heard a prophecy from Janus (Roman god of beginnings and endings, choices, passage and doors) predicting that one of his children would dethrone him, Saturn swallowed his children. Cybele notably succeeds in saving Jupiter, by replacing him with large stones. Later, Jupiter defeats his father and forces him to spit out his siblings. LISSIER GALERIE House founded in 1991 MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF SNCAO Showroom in Paris 7th: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cleaning and restoration workshop for tapestries and rugs: by appointment only The Lissier Gallery, a stone's throw from the Tour Eiffel is a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles. We work for private clients, amateurs, antique dealers, as well as French and international decorators. It is a great pleasure to welcome you to our showroom in Paris 7th arrondissement. In our Parisian workshop, we carry out Restoration-Conservation and traditional cleaning work in order to protect heritage. Thanks to our workshop and also our know-how, we have a great honor and immense pleasure to present to you a sublime collection of woven works of art in perfect quality condition, well cleaned and revised, that is why our prices are the best on the market. We assure you of your purchase by presenting you with the invoice, the certificate of origin and also insured delivery offered throughout the world. Our tapestries will be presented lined and with a fixing system (Velcro on request). You have questions ? We are here for you, do not hesitate to send us a request from our website www.galerielissier.fr Kind regards Galerie Lissier 40 Avenue Bosquet, 75007-Paris Tel: +33 (0) 6.14.05.21.14 E-mail: info@galerielissier.fr Monday Closed Tuesday 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Wednesday 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Friday 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sunday Closed