Live Auction 2848European Noble and Private Collections incl. Fine Paintings
A DAMASK LINEN TABLECLOTH DEPICTING THE SIEGE OF LILLE BY PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOYE
Lot 281

A DAMASK LINEN TABLECLOTH DEPICTING THE SIEGE OF LILLE BY PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOYE

COURTRAIS, CIRCA 1709

Closed16 December 2010

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EUR 1,125

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A DAMASK LINEN TABLECLOTH DEPICTING THE SIEGE OF LILLE BY PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOYE
COURTRAIS, CIRCA 1709
Woven with townscapes of Lille and with text PRINCEPS EVGENIUS INSULAS DE BELLA VIT 1709
154 X 212 cm.

Specialist note

Several versions of the capture of Lille were woven, and are illustrated in A.G. Pauwels, Damast, Kortrijk, 1986 - Bestandscatalogus Museum voor Oudheidkunde en Sierkunst in Kortrijk, Nr. 119-125.