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LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A BRUSSELS BIBLICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
Late 16th century
Woven in wool and silks, depicting a group of figures in Eastern and military dress around an altar to the right a tree with a snake stealing a young bird from a nest, to the center a rocky outcrop with an animal head to the left hand background an altar and a maiden appearing in smoke, all set within a mountainous landscape with a village beyond, lacking borders
7 ft. 4½ in. x 9 ft. 4 in. (225 cm. x 284 cm.)
Late 16th century
Woven in wool and silks, depicting a group of figures in Eastern and military dress around an altar to the right a tree with a snake stealing a young bird from a nest, to the center a rocky outcrop with an animal head to the left hand background an altar and a maiden appearing in smoke, all set within a mountainous landscape with a village beyond, lacking borders
7 ft. 4½ in. x 9 ft. 4 in. (225 cm. x 284 cm.)