A FRENCH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
AUBUSSON, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting Vulcan at his forge, flanked by Venus, from the series The Loves of the Gods, the breastplate of a suit of armour in the foreground and a town in the distance, reduced, within brown outer slip to the top and bottom
92 x 84 in. (234 x 213 cm.)
A FRENCH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
AUBUSSON, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting Vulcan at his forge, flanked by Venus, from the series The Loves of the Gods, the breastplate of a suit of armour in the foreground and a town in the distance, reduced, within brown outer slip to the top and bottom
92 x 84 in. (234 x 213 cm.)