Verdure
Flemish
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1690 - circa 1710
Materials
Tapestry, wool and silk
Measurements
2.59 m (H); 3.33 m (W)
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Ightham Mote, Kent
NT 825693
Summary
Tapestry, wool and silk, Verdure, Flemish, c. 1690-1710. A landscape tapestry with two lions attacking a stag in the foreground, and a hind running away to the right. In the left foreground there is a river, and beyond a clump of tall trees. In the right background the landscape extends to a distant mountain, and at the upper right corner a pheasant perches in the branches of a tree.
Makers and roles
Flemish, workshop