A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY by France Gobels, woven in wools and silks, from the Story of Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great shown seated in armour on his throne, being presented with keys by the daughter of Darius, while his soldiers look on, the foreground scattered with treasure chests, an urn and a goblet woven with foliage and in an extensive rural landscape with peasants beyond, the borders woven with fruiting foliage, lion-masks and figures emblematic of Victory and Fame, beneath foliate canopies, the base centred by a figure of Minerva flanked by peacock-bearing figures, restorations and small of re-weaving, early 17th Century, with Brussels town mark and weaver's mark of France Gobels, turned over to the base

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A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY by France Gobels, woven in wools and silks, from the Story of Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great shown seated in armour on his throne, being presented with keys by the daughter of Darius, while his soldiers look on, the foreground scattered with treasure chests, an urn and a goblet woven with foliage and in an extensive rural landscape with peasants beyond, the borders woven with fruiting foliage, lion-masks and figures emblematic of Victory and Fame, beneath foliate canopies, the base centred by a figure of Minerva flanked by peacock-bearing figures, restorations and small of re-weaving, early 17th Century, with Brussels town mark and weaver's mark of France Gobels, turned over to the base
111½ x 104in. (283 x 264cm.)

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