A wool, silk, and metal thread tapestry depicting the Annunciation - image-1

Lot 919 Rα

A wool, silk, and metal thread tapestry depicting the Annunciation

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 15.000 € - 25.000 €
Result: 12.400 € (incl. premium)

A wool, silk, and metal thread tapestry depicting the Annunciation

The Annunciation to the centre, the Visitation below, the border with 16 coats of arms: Plettenberg, Fürstenberg, Westfalen, Horde, Papenheim, Nesselrot, Yvernen, Palserkamp, Galen, Reden, Hartichausen, Boasaigle (?), Hoberch, Recke, Ermelen, Galen. Dated 1605. Professionally restored. 252 x 182 cm.
Workshop of Boldewin von Brüssel in Wolfenbüttel, 1605.

Provenance

Formerly belonging to the Count of Berckheim (1965).

Exhibitions

Exhibited in the Städtisches Museum Bielefeld im Kloster Corvey, 15th Dec. 1966 - 31st March 1967, formerly on loan to the Landesmuseum in Münster.