Section of the Erlenmeyer-Bausback 'Small Pattern Holbein' carpet
c. 1475-1525
Western Anatolia
198 x 68 cm; A ‘Holbein’ carpet section; vertical section of ten and two half squares, wool pile on wool foundation, symmetrically knotted pile.
So-called ‘Holbein’ carpets like this Anatolian fragment take their name from the paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543), who famously depicted an example of this carpet type. Among these is Holbein’s famous portrait of Georg Gisze in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, which shows a small rug with the same fielded pattern as the one presented here.
Provenance
Collection of Prof. Hans Erlenmeyer (1900–1967) and Marie-Louise Erlenmeyer, Basel
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 30 June 1972, lot 22, pl. 1
Moni Pontremoli, Turin, from 1972
Marino Dall’Oglio (Wher Collection), Milan, from 1972
Divided into three parts in 1972
The Textile Gallery, London, ref. 18690
Published
Sotheby’s, London, sale cat., 30 June 1972, lot 22, pl. 1;
C. G. Ellis, ‘Ellis in Holbeinland’, in R. Pinner and W. B. Denny (eds.), Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies I, London 1985, p. 62, cat. R-3
