Lot Essay
An identical subject, but extending further to the right and with varying borders, is illustrated in D. Boccara, Les Belles Heures de la Tapisserie, Milan, 1971, p. 212.
MID-18TH CENTURY
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AN AUBUSSON PASTORAL TAPESTRY
Mid-18th Century
Woven in wools, depicting a shepherdess standing before a huntsman and holding a sheep, to the left with a classical altar and to the right with a vista and a house in the distance, within a border with acanthus-wrapped columns and floral garlands and with a blue outer slip, reduced in height at the top, extensive re-weaving and patching and minor recolouring
100 in. x 61 in. (254 cm. x 155 cm.)
Mid-18th Century
Woven in wools, depicting a shepherdess standing before a huntsman and holding a sheep, to the left with a classical altar and to the right with a vista and a house in the distance, within a border with acanthus-wrapped columns and floral garlands and with a blue outer slip, reduced in height at the top, extensive re-weaving and patching and minor recolouring
100 in. x 61 in. (254 cm. x 155 cm.)