Lot Essay
Wilhelm de Pannemaker active till 1578
Various Properties
A BRUSSELS HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
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A BRUSSELS HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
BY WILHELM DE PANNEMAKER, MID-16TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a general being handed two heads by two soldiers, with a leopard in the foreground and soldiers on foot and on horseback in the background, within a hilly landscape, the border with cartouches of the labours of Hercules and other Greek heroes, the corners with figures under canopies and with vases of flowers, within a blue outer slip, with Brussels town mark and weaver's mark, minor areas of re-weaving
120½in. x 101in. (306cm. x 257cm.)
BY WILHELM DE PANNEMAKER, MID-16TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a general being handed two heads by two soldiers, with a leopard in the foreground and soldiers on foot and on horseback in the background, within a hilly landscape, the border with cartouches of the labours of Hercules and other Greek heroes, the corners with figures under canopies and with vases of flowers, within a blue outer slip, with Brussels town mark and weaver's mark, minor areas of re-weaving
120½in. x 101in. (306cm. x 257cm.)