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One of the many treasures at Drapers’ Hall is the fine set of late Louis XV Gobelin tapestries. The set of four was made between 1773 and 1774, in the workshops of Michel Audran and Pierre-Francois Cozette (whose signatures can be found on the tapestries), after Jean-Francois de Troy. The set tells the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece.
The inspirational source of the Jason tapestries was Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 7. The original seven models for the series were painted by Jean-Francois de Troy, director of the French Academy in Rome, and were exhibited at the Louvre in the Salon in 1748.
In 1775 the tapestries were presented to the Comte d’Aranda, Ambassador of the Spanish Court. Subsequently they passed in to the ownership of the Marques de Salamanca and were purchased by the Drapers' Company in 1881 at a Christie’s sale. |
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