Lot Essay
A tapestry from this series with identical borders and depicting Theseus returning to Skyros accompanied by King Lycomedes was sold in these Rooms, 2 June 1993, lot 74.
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A FLEMISH BAROQUE MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
MID-17TH CENTURY
From the Story of Theseus and depicting Theseus lifting the rock to retrieve the sword and sandles left for him by his father, with a landscape and a castle in the distance, the borders woven with blossoming flower garlands (areas of reweaving, replacements)-9ft. 3in. x 10ft. 3in. (2m. 77cm. x 3m. 7cm.)
MID-17TH CENTURY
From the Story of Theseus and depicting Theseus lifting the rock to retrieve the sword and sandles left for him by his father, with a landscape and a castle in the distance, the borders woven with blossoming flower garlands (areas of reweaving, replacements)-9ft. 3in. x 10ft. 3in. (2m. 77cm. x 3m. 7cm.)