A FLEMISH HUNTING TAPESTRY
A FLEMISH HUNTING TAPESTRY

PROBABLY ANTWERP, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY

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A FLEMISH HUNTING TAPESTRY
PROBABLY ANTWERP, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
Woven in silks and woolks, depicting three hunters with dogs pursuing a stag and doe fleeing over water, within a bold border with swags of fruit and with military trophies to the sides with boar's heads beneath, the top centered by a cartouche, extensive losses and reweaving, cut and reattached to the left
13 ft. (396 cm.) high, 13 ft. 10 in. (423 cm.) wide
Provenance
Rockford College, Illinois, sold Sotheby's New York, 30 May 1987, lot 238.

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