Fragment with Women and a Soldier
Flemish
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1600 - circa 1625
Materials
Wool, Silk
Place of origin
Belgium
Collection
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 494837.2
Summary
Tapestry, wool and silk, Fragment with Women and a Soldier, Flemish, possibly Oudenaarde, c. 1600-1625. The left hand part of a larger tapestry, with a soldier and two women in the foreground. This piece has the same borders as no. 494832, ‘An Enthroned King’ and no. 494836, ‘A Queen being Crowned’, and they are probably part of a set. One large fragment found for CAN/T/8 (494837), kneeling armed figure and attendant in foreground; King on horseback with 2 figures in background. 295cmx191cm.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust at the Canons Ashby Auction of Dryden Artefacts on the 4.7.1980 with the help of a grant from the Purchase Grant Fund.
Credit line
Canons Ashby, The Dryden Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1981)
Makers and roles
Flemish, workshop possibly Oudenaarde, workshop