FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY OF CAIN AND ABEL
POSSIBLY OUDENAARDE, LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY
£12,000
Auction: 22 October 2013 at 18:00 BST
Description
woven in wool depicting scenes from Genesis, Chapter IV: the Labour of Adam; Eve with Cain and Abel as children; Cain and Abel present their Offerings; and Cain's murder of Abel, in a four sided deep border with foliate scrolls and cartouches, marked at the corners with masks, the field with a Cross of St. George cartouche in two places
Dimensions
679cm long x 203cm high