Updated 01 November 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Psyche Gives Presents to Her Sisters (from the series History of Psyche)
Date | The second half of 17th century |
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Materials and Techniques | wool, silk |
Size(cm) | 310 x 340 |
Credit Line | Donated by Sugar Industry Association, Inc. (ex-Matsukata Collection) |
Standard ref. | M2972 |
Category | Decorative Arts |
Collection Number | OA.2001-0001 |
Provenance
Wilhelm II, German Emperor; Margraf & Co., Berlin; purchased in Berlin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 1921; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Industrial Bank of Japan (Nippon Kōgyō Ginkō), Tokyo, 1927; 2nd Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 3–19 April 1929, tapestries, lot 3, repr.; 8th Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 22 May–2 June 1935, part 1, lot 6, repr. (¥17,000); Sugar Industry Association Inc. (Tōgyō Kyōkai); donated by association to NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 2003
- Woven Pictures: 17th and 18th Centuries European Tapestries in the National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 18 March 2003 - 25 May 2003, cat. no. 3
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. T-4.
- 2003
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 36 (Apr. 2001-Mar. 2002), 2003, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. p. 18, List of New Acquisitions. p. 39, repr.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 2972, col. repr.