AN ANTWERP MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY Late 17th early 18th century Woven in wools and silks, depicting a princely couple dressed 'a la Turque' on horseback with a mounted escort, in an exotic landscape with a classical portico in the right background, within a border of garlanded flowers and vases, centred to the top with a winged cartouche bearing the cypher 'FRC' under an Italian count's coronet and decorated with parrots and architectural statuary, within a yellow and brown outer slip, limited areas of reweaving, the brown outer slip folded over and with some losses 12 ft. 5 in. x 14 ft. 9 in. (378 cm. x 448 cm.)
AN ANTWERP MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY Late 17th early 18th century Woven in wools and silks, depicting a princely couple dressed 'a la Turque' on horseback with a mounted escort, in an exotic landscape with a classical portico in the right background, within a border of garlanded flowers and vases, centred to the top with a winged cartouche bearing the cypher 'FRC' under an Italian count's coronet and decorated with parrots and architectural statuary, within a yellow and brown outer slip, limited areas of reweaving, the brown outer slip folded over and with some losses 12 ft. 5 in. x 14 ft. 9 in. (378 cm. x 448 cm.)
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