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A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
Lot 313 Property of an Important Midwestern Collection

A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY

LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Depicting a goddess in a chariot accompanied by putti and pulled by lions, signed to the border, J.P.V.H. and with the Brussels town mark
12 ft. 6 in. (381 cm.) high, 11 ft. 10 in. (360.6 cm.) wide

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This tapestry is based on The Triumph of Divine Love from the Triumph of the Eucharist series designed by Peter Paul Rubens for the monastery of the Descalzas Reales in Madrid, which is now in the collection of the Museo del Prado (P001700). A related tapestry woven in Brussels by Jan Raes I, Hans Vervoert, and Jacob Fobert is part of the collection of the Patrimonio Nacional.