Courtly Personages in a Landscape, c. 1520-1525, 93 1/2 x 47 in. ( x cm) (object part, left)94 1/4 x 47 in. ( x cm) (object part, right), Wool, silk; tapestry weave, Belgium, 16th century, This is a fragment of a larger tapestry and therefore we can only speculate from the elaborate clothing and the numerous people depicted that this was a courtly gathering. It is possible that it represented an international meeting, as the scimitar-like sword worn by the missing figure at the left may identify an Eastern visitor to a Western court

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