A BRUSSELS BAROQUE HISTORICAL TAPESTRY

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A BRUSSELS BAROQUE HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

Depicting a battle scene, the borders woven with scrolling acanthus, slightly reduced in width
11ft. 8in. x 16ft. 8in. (3m. 55cm. x 5m. 8cm.)

Lot Essay

This tapestry is probably from a series of Brussels tapestries depicting campaign episodes after designs by L. de Hondt, one of which is illustrated in H. Göbel, Tapestries of the Lowlands, New York, 1924, no. 297.