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Antique 16th Century Navy Blue and Gold Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
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A Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
16th century
In an open architectural setting, the central crowned and enthroned female figure flanked by three handmaidens, a fourth to the left urging a boy towards a kneeling woman on the right with an apple in her right hand, on the left a wooded landscape with a man walking in the distance, a man striking another over the head in the mid-ground, and a man, a woman, and a handmaiden approaching the scene in the foreground, on the right a man gesturing while others flee up a staircase and out of the scene, within a flower and fruit cluster surround punctuated along the top and bottom edges by balustrades and sphinxes, and along the sides by a figure, a mask, and a beaded and crowned man, reduced in width 9ft. (274cm.) high, 12ft. 8in. (3.86m) wide
Provenance:
Christies Auction House, New York, NY in spring 2001.
- Dimensions:Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 55 in (139.7 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Style:Renaissance (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1500-1599
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
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