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BRUSSELS, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
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A FLEMISH GAMEPARK TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a falcon fighting a heron with mounted huntsmen beyond, in a wooded landscape, within an arabesque border decorated with classically-draped figures, fruited floral gardens and grotesque beasts in a spirally-twisted outer border, reduced in size, areas of restoration and reweaving, the inner slip with some surface paint
8 ft. 4 in. x 9 ft. 10 in. (253 cm. x 299 cm.) wide
BRUSSELS, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a falcon fighting a heron with mounted huntsmen beyond, in a wooded landscape, within an arabesque border decorated with classically-draped figures, fruited floral gardens and grotesque beasts in a spirally-twisted outer border, reduced in size, areas of restoration and reweaving, the inner slip with some surface paint
8 ft. 4 in. x 9 ft. 10 in. (253 cm. x 299 cm.) wide
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