A Flemish Biblical tapestry panel, woven in coloured wools and silks with the Annunciation within an auricular circular medallion, with the Virgin kneeling on a prie-dieu, surmounted by the Holy Spirit and with Archangel Gabriel to the left, to the top with the monogram AMR (Ave Maria Regina) beneath a coronet, the spandrels with shackles, inscribed anno 1670 and below the medallion svincula.illius.ailligatvra.salvitis.eccli.6.v.31 on a dark brown ground and a yellow outer slip--23 x 20 1/2in. (58 x 52cm.), circa 1670, mounted on board, some reweaving and patching
A Flemish Biblical tapestry panel, woven in coloured wools and silks with the Annunciation within an auricular circular medallion, with the Virgin kneeling on a prie-dieu, surmounted by the Holy Spirit and with Archangel Gabriel to the left, to the top with the monogram AMR (Ave Maria Regina) beneath a coronet, the spandrels with shackles, inscribed anno 1670 and below the medallion svincula.illius.ailligatvra.salvitis.eccli.6.v.31 on a dark brown ground and a yellow outer slip--23 x 20 1/2in. (58 x 52cm.), circa 1670, mounted on board, some reweaving and patching

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A Flemish Biblical tapestry panel, woven in coloured wools and silks with the Annunciation within an auricular circular medallion, with the Virgin kneeling on a prie-dieu, surmounted by the Holy Spirit and with Archangel Gabriel to the left, to the top with the monogram AMR (Ave Maria Regina) beneath a coronet, the spandrels with shackles, inscribed anno 1670 and below the medallion svincula.illius.ailligatvra.salvitis.eccli.6.v.31 on a dark brown ground and a yellow outer slip--23 x 20 1/2in. (58 x 52cm.), circa 1670, mounted on board, some reweaving and patching
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