拍品專文
The series depicting the Story of Romulus and Remus was woven several times in Brussels from the mid-sixteenth through the early seventeenth century and four different types of borders were used. Numitor, King of Albalonga was dethroned by Amulius his brother. Romulus and Remus, the sons of his daughter avenged their grandfather and delivered the severed head of their great uncle. The De Young Museum, San Francisco owns a slightly wider version of the present lot which bears the weavers' marks of Jan Raes I and Jacob Guebels II. For a complete discussion, see A. Bennett, Five centuries of Tapestry, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1992, pp. 166-167, no. 46. Another version was sold Christie's London, 12 November 1987, lot 212.