Sale 6821
London
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13 November 2003
Price realised
GBP 19,120
Estimate
A FRANCO-FLEMISH PASTORAL TAPESTRY Mid-16th century Woven in wools and silks, depicting courtly figures in a wooded landscape with a building beyond, within, a richly fruited foliate border and a later green outer slip, numerous areas of restoration and reweaving, including the outer edges of the sides and lower borders, reduced in hight, possibly reduced in width 8 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. (250 cm. x 109 cm.)
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
The watch that flew to the moon with NASA’s astronauts — a rare commemorative version of which is offered online, 24 April to 8 May
This monumental, square-format work is a major highlight of Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 20 June in London