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Lot 958 Dα

A Brussels wool and silk tapestry with allegories of the Continents

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 30.000 € - 40.000 €
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A Brussels wool and silk tapestry with allegories of the Continents

Worked in "haute lisse" technique. Depicting Europe and Asia. Woven to the lower left: L. VAN SCHOOR INV. ET PINX. Restored. H 285, W 552 cm.
Early 18th C., after a design by Lodewijk van Schoors.

Literature

Cf.: Göbel, Wandteppiche, vol. I, p. 385 and vol. II, illus. no. 343 for a similar tapestry attributed to the workshop of Frans Peemans, circa 1720.