Ambush. Hondt, Lambert de (Flemish, d. ) (author of design) [painter] c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'8" x W 16'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. received from Miss Belle Greene ( Morgan) 10/9/1929; returned from consignment 10/29/1930 [SS 16554]. French & Co. purchased from the Pierpont Morgan Library 8/17/1951 [SS 51437]. Officer in command on horseback holding sword (center, middle ground), trooper & horse fallen on ground (center, foreground), convoy with mounted escort, attacked by infantr
Ambush. Hondt, Lambert de (Flemish, d. ) (author of design) [painter] c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'8" x W 16'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. received from Miss Belle Greene ( Morgan) 10/9/1929; returned from consignment 10/29/1930 [SS 16554]. French & Co. purchased from the Pierpont Morgan Library 8/17/1951 [SS 51437]. Officer in command on horseback holding sword (center, middle ground), trooper & horse fallen on ground (center, foreground), convoy with mounted escort, attacked by infantry hidden in woods on either sides of defile, cavaliers heading convoy fire at enemies (L of center, middle ground & R, background), (BRD) acanthus leaves, framed with beading narrow bands Lambert de Hondt II designed the series "Art of War" (1696). For other panels in set & other similar sets, see Wace's book. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 16554 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 51437 Wace, Malborough Tapestries (1968)
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