THE PROPERTY OF A ROYAL GERMAN FAMILY
A BRUSSELS HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
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A BRUSSELS HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
Second half 16th Century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a Roman general handing a box to a kneeling courtly elder, with soldiers marching and on horseback approaching a fortified town with people greeting them, within a hilly and wooded landscape, the border with foliate sprays and various figures centred to the sides and top and bottom by pastoral scenes and within a blue outer slip, reduced in height and width, the outer slip associated, minor areas of reweaving and patching
146 in. x 100 in. (371 cm. x 254 cm.)
Second half 16th Century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a Roman general handing a box to a kneeling courtly elder, with soldiers marching and on horseback approaching a fortified town with people greeting them, within a hilly and wooded landscape, the border with foliate sprays and various figures centred to the sides and top and bottom by pastoral scenes and within a blue outer slip, reduced in height and width, the outer slip associated, minor areas of reweaving and patching
146 in. x 100 in. (371 cm. x 254 cm.)