SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
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A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
Second half 17th Century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting the Birth of Adonis, with three maidens surrounding a tree with a face and with a child springing from its trunk, in a wooded lanscape and a lake and a vista to the left, within a later blue outer slip, the top turned over by 24 in. (61 cm.), minor reweaving
82¾ in. x 104 in. (210 cm. x 264 cm.). excluding turned over section
Second half 17th Century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting the Birth of Adonis, with three maidens surrounding a tree with a face and with a child springing from its trunk, in a wooded lanscape and a lake and a vista to the left, within a later blue outer slip, the top turned over by 24 in. (61 cm.), minor reweaving
82¾ in. x 104 in. (210 cm. x 264 cm.). excluding turned over section