AN ENGLISH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
MORTLAKE, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Woven in silks and wools, depicting Diogenes with herbs in his hand and looking upwards towards Plato on the other side of the stream, the cartouche to the top inscribed 'SORDET MIHI DIONYSIUS LAVANTI OLERA'
122 ½ x 98 ½ in. (311 x 250 cm.)
AN ENGLISH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
MORTLAKE, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Woven in silks and wools, depicting Diogenes with herbs in his hand and looking upwards towards Plato on the other side of the stream, the cartouche to the top inscribed 'SORDET MIHI DIONYSIUS LAVANTI OLERA'
122 ½ x 98 ½ in. (311 x 250 cm.)