拍品专文
See note to lot 213. Closely related tapestries from this series, and depicting Noah and his family leaving the Ark are in the Palacio Real, Madrid and in the Wawel? Museum, Poland.
细节
A BRUSSELS RENAISSANCE BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY, AFTER CARTOONS BY MICHEL COXIEN
From the Story of Noah and depicting Noah and his family leaving the Ark with the animals in the distance, the border woven with entrelac enclosing blossoming and fruiting urns and birds, the upper central border inscribed EGREDTUR.NOE.ARCA.CUM FAMILIA.ET.ANIMANTIBVS, the lower right selvedge woven with the Brussels town mark-13ft. 3in. x 12ft. 9in. (3m. 97cm. x 3m. 82cm.)
SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY, AFTER CARTOONS BY MICHEL COXIEN
From the Story of Noah and depicting Noah and his family leaving the Ark with the animals in the distance, the border woven with entrelac enclosing blossoming and fruiting urns and birds, the upper central border inscribed EGREDTUR.NOE.ARCA.CUM FAMILIA.ET.ANIMANTIBVS, the lower right selvedge woven with the Brussels town mark-13ft. 3in. x 12ft. 9in. (3m. 97cm. x 3m. 82cm.)
来源
The Morgan Collection
Knole House
Knole House