A MORTLAKE TAPESTRY DEPICTING AUTUMN, THE TRIUMPH OF BACCHUS AND ARIADNE, PROBABLY FROM THE WORKSHOPS OF VANDERBANK, AFTER PIERRE MIGNARD EARLY 18TH CENTURY Originally from a set of four of the seasons, woven in silks and wools, depicting Bacchus and Ariadne seated in a golden chariot drawn by leopards accompanied by winged children and other celebrants, within a floral border approximately 298cm high, 535cm wide Provenance: Offered on behalf of a Charitable Foundation Literature: FENAILLE, Maurice (1855-1937). État général des tapisseries de la Manufacture des Gobelins, 1600-1900, Paris, 1903, Vol II, XXX, Le Galerie de Saint Cloud, ..Pierre Mignard, p403. Recorded English versions of this series including a set of three (Spring, Summer and Autumn) from the Tyrwhitt-Drake collection, Shardeloes, Amersham, Buckinghamshire was sold at Christie's, 10th July 1952, lot 233, and a pair (Spring & Autumn) from the collection of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, was sold Sotheby's, 3rd July 1959, lot 95, then described as Gobelins. The second piece (Autumn) now divided into two was sold Christie's, 15th December 1994, lot 317 and 318, then called Mortlake or Soho, late 17th century.