BY ANTOON LEYNIERS, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
BY ANTOON LEYNIERS, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting an elegantly clad couple seated in a landscaped garden with a party and a castle beyond, within an elaborate border of fruit and foliage with female allegorical figures, in a blue outer slip, with Brussels town mark and weaver's mark, minor restoration and reweaving throughout
9 ft. (275 cm.) x 6 ft. 2 in. (187 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Antoon Leyniers (active circa 1540 - circa 1570) belonged to one of the oldest and best-known weaving dynasties of Brussels. There is mention of this family as early as the 16th century and as late as 1768, when Daniel III finally closed the workshop.

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