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THE PROPERTY OF AN INSTITUTION
(LOTS 176-178)
A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
MID-16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BRUSSELS
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A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
MID-16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BRUSSELS
Woven in silks and wools, depicting a lady holding a cup kneeling before an enthroned king, with further maidens holding jugs behind her and with a courtier standing to the right, the background with two horses carrying a carriage before a church, within fruiting and flowering borders with youths and satyrs, within a later brown outer guard border retaining possibly original Brussels town mark to the lower edge, areas of reweaving, probably reduced in width
11 ft. 7 in. (353 cm.) high, 10 ft. 10 in. (330 cm.) wide
MID-16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BRUSSELS
Woven in silks and wools, depicting a lady holding a cup kneeling before an enthroned king, with further maidens holding jugs behind her and with a courtier standing to the right, the background with two horses carrying a carriage before a church, within fruiting and flowering borders with youths and satyrs, within a later brown outer guard border retaining possibly original Brussels town mark to the lower edge, areas of reweaving, probably reduced in width
11 ft. 7 in. (353 cm.) high, 10 ft. 10 in. (330 cm.) wide