A FRANCO-FLEMISH GAME-PARK TAPESTRY

POSSIBLY MARCHE REGION, SECOND HALF 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A FRANCO-FLEMISH GAME-PARK TAPESTRY
POSSIBLY MARCHE REGION, SECOND HALF 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Woven in wools, depicting a falconry scene with hunters on horseback and on foot, with hounds, set in an open landscape with trees framing the image on each side, within a bead-and-reel border, the border later to top, bottom and left side, within a later green outer guard border, areas of re-weaving and some in-painting
7 ft. 11 in. (242 cm.) high, 9 ft. (275 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Flemish weaving centers as well as in the Marche region of France (Aubusson and Felletin). These hunting scenes traditionally included falcon, lion, ostrich, fox, unicorn, rhinoceros, wolf, bear, boar and bull hunts and were inspired by engravings after Giovanni Stradano (d. 1605), Karel van Mander the Younger (d. 1623), David Vinckeboons (d. 1629) and François Etienne Delaune (d. 1583).

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