A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY Woven in silks and wools, depicting The Triumph of Pompeius from The Story of Pompeius , with a procession of horses and elephants flanked by soldiers holding fasciae and banners, the back with a chariot of a seated king above another and flanked by spectators, the background with a fortified city and its gates, within a wide border with named allegorical figures within foliate and fruiting strap-work, the top with tablet inscribed 'REGALI EXCIPITUR POMPA POMPEIVS HIARBAM CONSTRICTV ROMA MVLTO ELEPHATE FERENS', with blue outer guard border with weaver's monogram and Brussels town mark, probably reduced in width 11 ft. 4 in. (345 cm.) high, 14 ft. 11 in (455 cm.) wide
A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY Woven in silks and wools, depicting The Triumph of Pompeius from The Story of Pompeius , with a procession of horses and elephants flanked by soldiers holding fasciae and banners, the back with a chariot of a seated king above another and flanked by spectators, the background with a fortified city and its gates, within a wide border with named allegorical figures within foliate and fruiting strap-work, the top with tablet inscribed 'REGALI EXCIPITUR POMPA POMPEIVS HIARBAM CONSTRICTV ROMA MVLTO ELEPHATE FERENS', with blue outer guard border with weaver's monogram and Brussels town mark, probably reduced in width 11 ft. 4 in. (345 cm.) high, 14 ft. 11 in (455 cm.) wide
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