Lot Essay
Jakob (?) Segers, recorded as working in Brussels circa 1600-1640.
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SIGNED JAKOB SEGERS, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A FLEMISH HISTORICAL OR BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
Signed Jakob Segers, Late 16th/Early 17th Century
Centrally woven with a scene of knights arriving on horseback and with a knight riding into fire, with a castle and maidens in the distance and with a lion in the foreground, within a border woven with scrolling vines and flowers including sunflowers and tulips, with maker's monogram to the lower right guard border, reduced in width, with later guard borders to top, bottom and left side
Approximately 9ft. 9in. x 13ft. 5in. (297cm. x 409cm.), approximately
Signed Jakob Segers, Late 16th/Early 17th Century
Centrally woven with a scene of knights arriving on horseback and with a knight riding into fire, with a castle and maidens in the distance and with a lion in the foreground, within a border woven with scrolling vines and flowers including sunflowers and tulips, with maker's monogram to the lower right guard border, reduced in width, with later guard borders to top, bottom and left side
Approximately 9ft. 9in. x 13ft. 5in. (297cm. x 409cm.), approximately