FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY OF THE BANISHMENT OF CAIN
PROBABLY OUDENAARDE, LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY
£4,500
Auction: 22 October 2013 at 18:00 BST
Description
woven in wool depicting Cain with his head in his hands being expelled from a walled village and sent to the land of Nod, the figure of God appearing above him, 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
Dimensions
330cm long x 203cm high