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LATE 16TH CENTURY
Details
A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY
Late 16th century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a scene from the history of Scipio, with a figure kneeling before a king with soldiers behind and a river crossing beyond, with a border woven with figures in bowers and urns of flowers, the bottom edge with weaver's mark LfB
11ft. 9in. x 8ft. 5in. (360cm. x 255cm.)
Late 16th century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a scene from the history of Scipio, with a figure kneeling before a king with soldiers behind and a river crossing beyond, with a border woven with figures in bowers and urns of flowers, the bottom edge with weaver's mark LfB
11ft. 9in. x 8ft. 5in. (360cm. x 255cm.)
Provenance
The late Sir John Musker, Shadwell Park, Norfolk, sold Sotheby's house sale, 21 October 1992, lot 215