Stag and falcon hunt. unknown c. 1510-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'6" x W 9'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Sold at Parke-Bernet sale (Pratt sale), 10/31/1942, lot 130. French & Co. received from Mr. E. B. Gleason 3/17/1944; returned 5/8/1952. In landscape, 2 gentlemen mounted on horseback with falcons, accompanied by 2 huntsmen with cross-bows; group of foot soldiers walk ahead of group, various hunting dogs follow alongside; castle in background Borders missing. Tapestry exhibited at the Flint Institute of A
Stag and falcon hunt. unknown c. 1510-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'6" x W 9'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Sold at Parke-Bernet sale (Pratt sale), 10/31/1942, lot 130. French & Co. received from Mr. E. B. Gleason 3/17/1944; returned 5/8/1952. In landscape, 2 gentlemen mounted on horseback with falcons, accompanied by 2 huntsmen with cross-bows; group of foot soldiers walk ahead of group, various hunting dogs follow alongside; castle in background Borders missing. Tapestry exhibited at the Flint Institute of Arts exhibition, "Gothic Tapestries of the 15th & 16th Centuries," Oct. 12-Nov. 4, 1945. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 76918 Joubert, Tapisserie médievale Cluny (1987), 104-121, VIII, no. 97 Flint (Institute of Arts), Gothic Tapestries (1945), no. 4 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry, Paris, Musée de Cluny, Ref. , "Le départ pour la chasse" or "Falconer & soldier"
Size: 8271px × 8937px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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