A FLEMISH PASTORAL TAPESTRY

MID-16TH CENTURY

细节

A FLEMISH PASTORAL TAPESTRY
Mid-16th Century
Woven in wools and silks, probably depciting The Marriage or The Dance from The Loves of Gombaut et Macée, with shepherds holding their staffs and a maiden holding a floral wreath, all with floral wreaths in their hair and before a wall, the background with dancing figures and a man playing the bagpipes, in the distance with sheep and goats and buildings before hills, the top and sides with a later blue outer slip, reduced in size, minor reweaving and patching
7 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. (234 cm. x 193 cm.)

拍品专文

This tapestry either depicts The Marriage or The Dance from The Loves of Gombeaut et Macée series. This popular series depicting the pastoral life and the joys of youth, was woven from the first part of the 16th Century through the 17th Century in various workshops in Flanders and France. Jean Leclerc designed a set of prints illustrating this story circa 1587 and several sets of eight were woven during the late 16th and early 17th Century. This tapestry appears. however, to pre-date those designs.