BRUSSELS, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY JAN FRANS VAN DEN HECKE

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A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY JAN FRANS VAN DEN HECKE
Woven in wools and silks, the rectangular tapestry with a floral and fruit garlanded border with ribbon-tied corners, depicting a General, possibly from The History of Troy, in a landscape, minor areas of re-weaving and restoration, some exposed areas of weft
136 x 71 in. (345 x 180 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A tapestry with very closely related borders but depicting a verdure with a duck hunt is signed by Jan Frans van den Hecke (H. Göbel, Tapestries of the Lowlands, Leipzig, 1924, fig. 310), while another with similar borders and bearing the same weaver's signature, depicting a warrior conversing with an Amazone before tents, possibly a scene from The History of Troy, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 10 December 1965, lot 25.

Jan Frans van der Hecke, from a weaver's dynasty that was already active in Brussels in the 16th Century, received his privileges in 1662 and is recorded in Brussels until after 1700.

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