Lot 215
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A BRUSSELS BAROQUE PASTORAL TAPESTRY
A BRUSSELS BAROQUE PASTORAL TAPESTRY

SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, BY MARCUS DE VOS

Details
A BRUSSELS BAROQUE PASTORAL TAPESTRY
Second Half 17th Century, By Marcus de Vos
Woven with scenes representing the months of September and October, with duck hunters in the foreground with their dogs, farmers harvesting grapes and apple gatherers in the trees with a village in the distance, the lower selvedge with the Brussels townmark and inscribed 'M.D.VOS', the borders woven with hunting and marine trophies alternating with dense fruit and flowers
Approximately 11ft. 5in. x 14ft. 7in. (342cm. x 439cm.)
Provenance
The Collection of the late Churchill Brazelton, sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 May 1981, lot 17

Lot Essay

Marcus de Vos, recorded as working in Brussels 1655-1700

Another example depicting September/October, but with a different border was in the inventory of French & Co. circa 1907-14. A tapestry from this series representing the months of January/February, but with yet a third border design, was in the same inventory circa 1907-18.