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SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Details
AN AUDENARDE HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Woven in silks and wools, depicting 'Hector prepares for his combat with Achilles' from 'The Story of Troy', the central field with an enthroned king flanked by two ladies and a general before him, surrounded by further soldiers and a seascape with battleships and further soldiers on the shore, within an element border with animals and within a blue outer guard border, with weaver's monogram of 'AR' and Audenarde town's mark
12 ft. 10½ in. (392 cm.) high, 17 ft. 8 in. (539 cm.) wide
SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Woven in silks and wools, depicting 'Hector prepares for his combat with Achilles' from 'The Story of Troy', the central field with an enthroned king flanked by two ladies and a general before him, surrounded by further soldiers and a seascape with battleships and further soldiers on the shore, within an element border with animals and within a blue outer guard border, with weaver's monogram of 'AR' and Audenarde town's mark
12 ft. 10½ in. (392 cm.) high, 17 ft. 8 in. (539 cm.) wide
Provenance
Bequest by Mrs. Harrie G. Carnell.
Literature
I. de Meûter, M. Vanwelden et al., Tapisseries d'Audenarde du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, Tielt, 1999, pp. 187 - 188.
Special notice
No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.
Further details
FOR TWO ADDITIONAL TAPESTRIES, PLEASE SEE LOTS 152 AND 265.