FLEMISH OLD TESTAMENT BIBLICAL SUBJECT TAPESTRY, THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON
MID 17TH CENTURY
£5,292
Auction: Select Property from An Historic House - 27th March 2024 at 10am
Description
depicting Solomon seated on a raised throne backed with drapery, flanked by the figures of two women, one standing, the other kneeling in protest, a dead infant at his feet while another infant is held aloft by a soldier with a raised sword, with various elders and court figures look on, woven within an elaborate four-sided border with strapwork binding the narrow inner and outer borders, enclosing various elements including vases of fruit and flowers, allegorical figures in reserves, with standing figures to the lower corners, the upper and lower border with a central bridge flanked by terraces populated by seated allegorical figures
Dimensions
387cm x 306cm
Provenance
Contents of an Historic House