OUDENAARDE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY FRANS DE MOOR

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A FLEMISH GAME-PARK HUNTING TAPESTRY
OUDENAARDE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY FRANS DE MOOR
Woven in silks and wools, possibly from the series 'Diana's Hunts', depicting a boar hunt in an extensive wooded landscape, with a castle and mountains beyond, within a border depicting the four elements with birds and floral swags to the top and fishing scenes to the bottom, the sides further decorated with allegorical figures, localised losses and areas of reweaving
9 ft. 10 in. x 14 ft. 5 in. (300 x 440 cm.)

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G. Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry, Tielt & London, 1999, p. 281.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A closely related tapestry is in the collection of the Eindhoven town hall, depicting a stag hunt and featuring virtually identical borders. Guy Delmarcel (op. cit., p. 281) suggests it might have been part of a set of tapestries depicting 'The Life of Diana' or 'Diana's Hunts' that were exported to France by the Oudenarde weaver and merchand Frans de Moors.

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