Payerne, Abbey and Museum

Toms Collection. Of Threads and Colours: Tapestries of the 16th to 18th Century

From 4 May to 22 September 1997

A first public display of twenty tapestries - including some major works - from the Fondation Toms Collection, on their return to Switzerland after restoration by De Wit Royal Manufacture in Mechelen. In the majestic context of the Payerne Abbey, the exhibition shows some of the masterpieces from the main production centres in Flanders, France, England and Italy – an homage to the collectors Mary and Reginald Toms.

Catalogue in French and German.

Esther and Ahasuerus (?), 3e tiers du XVIe s.

atelier non identifié
The Return of Jephthah, 2e moitié du XVIe s.

Jan Vermeyen, Josse van Noevele, workshop of Jan I Raes, Jacob I Geubels' workshop
Vertumnus, Disguised as an Old Woman, Embraces Pomona, 1600 (circa)

Antoine Sallaert, probably Gerard van der Strecken's and/or Jan van Leefdael's workshop
Wisdom and the Four Elements, 1644-1677

Charles Poerson, Gerard Peemans' workshop
Two Women Implore Titus, 1677-1688

Caesar and the Augur Spurinna, fin du XVIe s.

The Booty, or Rome Triumphant, fin du XVIe s.

Cornelis Schut, probablement atelier de Carlos Janssens
Arithmetic, 1660 (après)

Laurent de la Hyre, manufacture du faubourg Saint-Marcel, direction of Hippolyte de Comans
Glaucus and Scylla, 1650-1670

Pierre Josse Perrot, François Desportes, Louis de Boullogne, Michel II Corneille, Claude III Audran, Gobelins Manufactory, Cozette or Neilson's workshop
Portiere of Bacchus, or Autumn, 1740-1772

François Le Moyne
Alentour Tapestry with a Medallion of the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1776 (après)