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CIRCA 1470-1490
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A STRASBOURG MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
Circa 1470-1490
Woven in metal-thread, silk and wool, depicting to the left 'The Passing over of the Violin and Horses', 'The Arrival of the Prince at the French Court' and 'The Reception of the Moroccan Groom by the French Royal Couple', with the Prince receiving a jewel-encrusted violin from one page and three horses from another, beneath a scroll inscribed 'wol.gluk.su.diser.vart.nie.kein.rese.mir.liber.wart', followed by the prince and a page on horseback approaching the French King and his future son-in-law the Moroccan Prince standing within a building, the scroll inscribed 'mich.dunckt.du.kumst.vn.land.vit.dien.mir.zu.der hochzut' and ''ich.hab.vor.eim.ior.geriht.einer.tuben.und.mich yr.werpfliht', followed by the Moroccan Prince and his page approaching the French royal couple within a building, the scrolls inscribed 'umbsemlich.ich.nin.kune.bin.wo.ist.die iunge.kunigun' and 'bis.wilku.lieb.dochter.man.wie...e.wir.dz.brulofft.an', on a millefleurs ground, with two restored vertical cuts, reduced in length, lacking guard borders, numerous areas of re-weaving and patching, with label to reverse inscribed 'CORRIDOR'
3 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. 2 in. (115 cm. x 310 cm.)
Circa 1470-1490
Woven in metal-thread, silk and wool, depicting to the left 'The Passing over of the Violin and Horses', 'The Arrival of the Prince at the French Court' and 'The Reception of the Moroccan Groom by the French Royal Couple', with the Prince receiving a jewel-encrusted violin from one page and three horses from another, beneath a scroll inscribed 'wol.gluk.su.diser.vart.nie.kein.rese.mir.liber.wart', followed by the prince and a page on horseback approaching the French King and his future son-in-law the Moroccan Prince standing within a building, the scroll inscribed 'mich.dunckt.du.kumst.vn.land.vit.dien.mir.zu.der hochzut' and ''ich.hab.vor.eim.ior.geriht.einer.tuben.und.mich yr.werpfliht', followed by the Moroccan Prince and his page approaching the French royal couple within a building, the scrolls inscribed 'umbsemlich.ich.nin.kune.bin.wo.ist.die iunge.kunigun' and 'bis.wilku.lieb.dochter.man.wie...e.wir.dz.brulofft.an', on a millefleurs ground, with two restored vertical cuts, reduced in length, lacking guard borders, numerous areas of re-weaving and patching, with label to reverse inscribed 'CORRIDOR'
3 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. 2 in. (115 cm. x 310 cm.)
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