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A BRUSSELS RENAISSANCE GAME PARK TAPESTRY
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A BRUSSELS RENAISSANCE GAME PARK TAPESTRY
LATE 16TH CENTURY
Centrally woven with a rhinoceros, elephant and other animals before a castle with an elaborate garden, the borders woven with figures and animals within niches, inscribed 'NON INFINIA PLACENT SVA ET LIENA VLCITVBOPE ASTV SOLERTIAMAIOR ET PARERE DOCEMVS', with a Brussels town mark at the lower right border, restorations and replacements to sky and border
11ft. 6in. x 8ft. 4in. (3m. 50cm. x 2m. 54cm.)
LATE 16TH CENTURY
Centrally woven with a rhinoceros, elephant and other animals before a castle with an elaborate garden, the borders woven with figures and animals within niches, inscribed 'NON INFINIA PLACENT SVA ET LIENA VLCITVBOPE ASTV SOLERTIAMAIOR ET PARERE DOCEMVS', with a Brussels town mark at the lower right border, restorations and replacements to sky and border
11ft. 6in. x 8ft. 4in. (3m. 50cm. x 2m. 54cm.)