CIRCA 1700, PROBABLY AUDENARDE

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A BRUSSELS PASTORAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
CIRCA 1700, PROBABLY AUDENARDE
Woven in wools and silks depicting Meleager handing the Calydonian Boar's Head to Atalanta, in an extensive landscape and a castle beyond, within an associated border woven with fruiting flowers and a later blue outer slip
116 in. (295 cm.) x 62 in. (158 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This tapestry is probably inspired by the great success Charles LeBrun's 1660s designs of The Story of Meleager enjoyed, which were initially woven at Maincy, the studios established to decorate Vaux-Le-Vicomte, and later at Gobelins. Weavers throughout the Lowlands either re-used the same designs or commissioned their own. The borders and the coloration of this tapestry would indicate that it very probably was woven at Audenarde.

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