Verdure
Flemish
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1640 - circa 1660
Materials
Tapestry, wool and silk
Measurements
327 x 344 cm
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 130086.2
Summary
Tapestry, wool and silk, one of two Verdures, Flemish, c. 1640-1660. A landscape with large trees at either side, plants and leaves in the foreground, and a distant view in the centre. Twisted Solomonic columns with reliefs of vine leaves form the side borders, and at the top garlands of fruit hang against a carved lintel with a blue cartouche in the centre.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with the house and part of the contents by Major-General Sir Charles Sackville-West, 4th Lord Sackville (1870 – 1962) in 1946
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
Flemish, workshop