Details
Woven in wools and silks, depicting the Ark of the Covenant in the background, with reclining figures and children in the foreground in courtly dress, set within a wooded landscape with a walled city, in an elaborate arcaded border decorated with wild animals and flower-filled vases, interspersed with allegorical figures
122 in. (310 cm.) high; 17212 in. (438 cm.) wide
Provenance
Von Piercy.
Swiss Private Collection, acquired 22 October 1956.
Literature
H. Göbel, Wandteppiche, Part I, Vol. I, Leipzig 1923, p.422ff. and p.441f
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