Lot Essay
The falconry subject of this tapestry is unusual for 16th Century game-park motifs as most Flemish tapestries of this nature concentrated on hunts of land game. A game-park tapestry depicting a dog in nearly identical pose as the dog in the right lower corner of this tapestry, was offered by the Marquess of Cholmondeley, in these Rooms, Works of Art from Houghton, 8 December 1994, lot 70.