Millefleurs Tapestry
CultureFlemish
Date16th century
MediumTapestry
DimensionsOverall: 97 × 61 inches (246.38 × 154.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard Shields and Mrs. Carolyn Shields Walker
Object number58-69/4
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DescriptionColumns of leaves and flowes on right and left edge, with overarching pair of branches emerging from capitals and crossing beneath crown at center top. At center: bareheaded and bearded man with staff leaning on left shoulder, hands pressed together, kneeling before behatted man and woman. Man at right is depicted reaching into pouch at waist. Goat crouching at base of column, lower left corner. Profusely floral field.Provenance
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Mike Sinclair
June 26, 2016
2017.68.155
Jean-Pierre Philippe Lampué
1865
2020.11.3.1,2
