拍品 219
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A BRUSSELS BIBLICAL TAPESTRY

SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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A BRUSSELS BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
Second half 16th Century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting Isaac pointing towards the left with his sons Jacob and Esau behind him and a seated maiden with a child before him, with further groups of men to the left and before a large tree, the left background with a town on a hill, within a fruiting foliate border and a ribbon-twist outer rim and blue outer slip, the main field reduced in width and height and the blue outer slip later to the top and base, reweaving and patching
137 in. x 129 in. (349 cm. x 328 cm.)

拍品專文

A tapestry depicting The Story of David and Bathsheba with almost identical borders was sold anonymously, Sotheby's Monaco, 6-7 December 1987, lot 162, and a further tapestry depicting Jacob greeting Rachel, with very similar figures and tree, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 26 November 1996, lot 217.