Lot 13
13
The Property of KATHLEEN, LADY BROOKE, widow of Sir Christopher Brooke, Bart.
A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY from the story of Don Quixote in the manner of Adam Frans van der Meulen, woven in wools and silks, with Don Quixote in a cage drawn by bullocks and with an escort, the foreground with an elegantly dressed lady and gentleman with two servants with acanthus scrolls and ball and ribbon, restorations, the borders associated and reduced in size, early 18th Century

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A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY from the story of Don Quixote in the manner of Adam Frans van der Meulen, woven in wools and silks, with Don Quixote in a cage drawn by bullocks and with an escort, the foreground with an elegantly dressed lady and gentleman with two servants with acanthus scrolls and ball and ribbon, restorations, the borders associated and reduced in size, early 18th Century
126 x 202in. (320 x 507cm.)
Provenance

Lot Essay

The scene depicts an episode from the story of Don Quixote by Cervantes (chapter 47). Following signs of insanity, Don Quixote is put in a cage by his friends in order to take him home so that he can be cured

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