A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT woven in wools and silks, from the story of King Solomon, Solomon shown seated with his mother Bashiba to his right hand side, asking that his elder half-brother Adonijah be given Abishag, the Shunamite to be his wife, whereupon Solomon has Adonijah killed, within an extensive landscape setting with a river and town beyond, with fruiting foliate borders and blue slip and further later Flemish border with pomegranates, birds and other flowers to the left hand side, 16th Century, cut down, areas of restoration and re-weaving with some later overpainting | Christie's

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The Property of Greystoke Castle

A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT woven in wools and silks, from the story of King Solomon, Solomon shown seated with his mother Bashiba to his right hand side, asking that his elder half-brother Adonijah be given Abishag, the Shunamite to be his wife, whereupon Solomon has Adonijah killed, within an extensive landscape setting with a river and town beyond, with fruiting foliate borders and blue slip and further later Flemish border with pomegranates, birds and other flowers to the left hand side, 16th Century, cut down, areas of restoration and re-weaving with some later overpainting

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A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT woven in wools and silks, from the story of King Solomon, Solomon shown seated with his mother Bashiba to his right hand side, asking that his elder half-brother Adonijah be given Abishag, the Shunamite to be his wife, whereupon Solomon has Adonijah killed, within an extensive landscape setting with a river and town beyond, with fruiting foliate borders and blue slip and further later Flemish border with pomegranates, birds and other flowers to the left hand side, 16th Century, cut down, areas of restoration and re-weaving with some later overpainting
71 x 173in. (180.5 x 439.5cm.)

來源

Reputedly Greystoke Castle