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Lot 38TP

An Important Flemish mid-17th century Biblical Tapestry,
305cm x 408cm

5 April 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £25,000 inc. premium

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An Important Flemish mid-17th century Biblical Tapestry,

woven in wools and silks, depicting King David in the foreground kneeling amidst his army before Zadok the high priest, with numerous civic and religious leaders standing nearby, with an assortment of the same figures shown in the background assembling first outside and then inside a makeshift architectural interior housing the Ark of the Covenant, with a verdant landscape and Jerusalem in the distance, within an abundant floral and foliate border interspersed with allegorical figures and cherubs,
305cm x 408cm

Footnotes

Provenance
Count of Adanero collection, Spain.
Thence by descend to the present owner.

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