A NORTH ITALIAN SILK-EMBROIDERED NEEDLEWORK PICTURE

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A NORTH ITALIAN SILK-EMBROIDERED NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Depicting the labors of Hercules with the Nemean Lion, the Caledonian boar, lions attacking horses and various other mythological beasts within a landscape with castles, within scrolling floral and fluted borders worked with silver thread, framed - 11in. (28cm.) x 14½in. (37cm.)