id:			136289
accession number:	1960.176.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.176.1
updated:		2025-02-09 02:26:26.599000

The Triumph of Eternity (from Chateau de Chaumont set), 1512–15. France, Lyon(?), early 16th century. Silk and wool; tapestry weave; overall: 319.3 x 377.6 cm (125 11/16 x 148 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from various donors by exchange 1960.176.1

title:				The Triumph of Eternity (from Chateau de Chaumont set)
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creation date:			1512–15
creation date earliest:		1512
creation date latest:		1515
current location:		113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts
creditline:			Gift from various donors by exchange
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culture:	France, Lyon(?), early 16th century
technique:	silk and wool; tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Tapestry
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measurements: Overall: 319.3 x 377.6 cm (125 11/16 x 148 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	French verse in Gothic letters translates as follows: "Nothing triumphs by right authority, Unless it be conducted by Eternity. Nothing is permanent beneath the firmament, But above us triumphs Eternity."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Exhibition in Honor of 50th Anniversary of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (March 3-April 5, 1964).', 'opening_date': '1964-03-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "Chefs d'oeuvre de la tapisserie du XIVe au XVIe siecle. Grand Palais, Paris, France (October 26, 1973- January 7, 1974); Masterpieces of Tapestry. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (February 7-April 19, 1974).", 'opening_date': '1974-02-07T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Gallery 113 tapestry rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2012- ).', 'opening_date': '2012-11-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	one of set of three allegorical tapestries from the Chateau de Chaumont until 1907; Duveen Collection, New York, in 1925; Clarence H. MacKay Collection until 1939; (French & Co., New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Three Tapestries from Chaumont." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 7 (1961): 159-77
	page number: 	p. 159-177
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142461

	Saisselin, Remy G. "Literary Background of the Chaumont Tapestries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 7 (1961).
	page number: 	p. 178-181
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142462

	Wixom, William D., and Leona E. Prasse. "Traditions in the Chaumont Tapestries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 7 (1961): 182-90.
	page number: 	p. 182-190
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142463

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 74
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n98

	Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France.</em> [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 338-339
	url:		https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n365

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 74
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n98

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 85
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n105

	Seaton, Douglass. <em>Ideas and Styles in the Western Musical Tradition</em>. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Pub. Co, 1991.
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	Vignon, Charlotte. <em>Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880-1940</em>. New York: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced:  pp. 218, fig. 78 - 219
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