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Lot 808 D α

A South Netherlandish wool and silk tapestry with grotesques.

Auction 1039 - overview Cologne
14.11.2014, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, and Furniture
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 5.580 € (incl. premium)
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A South Netherlandish wool and silk tapestry with grotesques.

An allegorical depiction of the month of May with Apollo to the center flanked by two pairs of twins. Shortened by a few centimeters. Repairs over earlier insect damage, mainly to the lower section. Lined. H 270, W 260 cm
Probably Enghien, last quarter 16th C.

Literature

A very similar tapestry is kept in the Musée communal Enghien, cf.: Boccara, Les belle heures de la tapisserie, Paris 1971, p. 97.