A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY

LATE 16TH CENTURY

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A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
Late 16th Century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting an enthroned King (possibly Ceasar) being stabbed by three soldiers and with further helmeted soldiers to the right hand side, with a village in the background, its inhabitants escaping in the woods and with a mountainous background, within an extensive border consisting of floral and foliate sprays amidst architectural landscapes and with arcaded panels depicting seated couples listening to a mandolin player with a castle in the background and further panels of festive scenes, the main panel reduced in size, the border patched, reweaving, details heightened with colour
9 ft. 9 in. x 8 ft. 2 in. (300 cm. x 248 cm.)

拍品專文

A tapestry, possibly from the same series depicting a rider flanked by a blackamoor holding a horse within a wooded landscape, from the property of the duchesse de Montmorency, was sold in these Rooms, 24 October 1957, lot 141.