A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY attributed to Franz van den Hecke, woven in wools and silks, from The History of Troy, en suite with the preceding lot, depicting Agammemnon, a dagger in his left hand, being presented with a prisoner, his hands tied behind his back, pointing towards the Trojan Horse, the foreground woven with foliage, in an extensive landscape with the besieged city of Troy beyond, the borders woven with Latin inscriptions and figures emblematic of RAPTVS, CARESTIA, FLVX, RESVRETVS, SENTVS and TEMPVS, the top border centred by the figure of PAX, within a foliate border with garlanded putto strapwork cartouches, the base similarly centred by the figure of MARS, flanked by dancing putto and satyrs, all upon a yellow ground, within a blue outer slip, with weaver's mark, the top and bottom blue slips later, restorations and re-weaving, mid-16th Century

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A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY attributed to Franz van den Hecke, woven in wools and silks, from The History of Troy, en suite with the preceding lot, depicting Agammemnon, a dagger in his left hand, being presented with a prisoner, his hands tied behind his back, pointing towards the Trojan Horse, the foreground woven with foliage, in an extensive landscape with the besieged city of Troy beyond, the borders woven with Latin inscriptions and figures emblematic of RAPTVS, CARESTIA, FLVX, RESVRETVS, SENTVS and TEMPVS, the top border centred by the figure of PAX, within a foliate border with garlanded putto strapwork cartouches, the base similarly centred by the figure of MARS, flanked by dancing putto and satyrs, all upon a yellow ground, within a blue outer slip, with weaver's mark, the top and bottom blue slips later, restorations and re-weaving, mid-16th Century
125 x 137in. (317 x 345cm.)

Lot Essay

A related tapestry from the History of Troy depicting Ullysses and Diomed presenting to King Priam Agamemnon's demand for the return of Helen, by Jan Aertz, was sold anonymously at Sotheby's, London, 25 July 1969, lot 25 and at Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1987, lot 247

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