A BRUSSELS RENAISSANCE BIBLICAL TAPESTRY

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A BRUSSELS RENAISSANCE BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY, AFTER CARTOONS BY MICHEL COXIEN

From the Story of Noah and depicting Noah and his Sons with Noah resting under a baldachin, intoxicated from the wine given to him by his youngest son, the borders woven with entrelac enclosing blossoming and fruiting urns, and birds, the upper central border inscribed NOE. BIBENS. VIBUM. INEBRIATUS EST. ET. NUDAIUS. GENESIS. VI, the lower right selvedge woven with the Brussels town mark-13ft. 4in. x 12ft. 8in. (4m. x 3m. 80cm.)
来源
The Morgand Collection
Knole House

拍品专文

See note for lot 212. A closely related tapestry from this series, and depicting the Noah intoxicated beside his sons is in the Wawel? Museum, Poland.