SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AUDENARDE

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A Flemish mythological game park tapestry
Second half 16th Century, possibly Audenarde
Woven in wools and silks, depicting an Arcadian mythological scene with a maiden with an entourage in pursuit of two lions and followed by a man holding a staff with Diana seated in her chariot drawn by two stags and accompanied by satyrs to the top, in the background a maid being rescued by a soldier from a lion in the left background within a floral border with fruit and vases and with cherubs to the angles, stencilled number to the back 32, reduced in height to the bottom and alterations to the lower border, reweaving and patching throughout
108in. (214cm. ) high, 126in. (320cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The tapestry sold anonymously in these rooms 14th December 1995 lot 220 and illustrated in ID Louter Van Veldan Tapestries of the Audenarde 1999, page 139, which depicts a game park scene with pagoda and ruins, incorporating borders with similar strapwork inhabited by playing youths

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