A FLEMISH GAME-PARK TAPESTRY

A tapestry panel depicting an identical ostrich hunt, but not including the figures to the right of the central hunter on horseback is illustrated in J. Boccara, Ames de Laine et de Soie, Saint-Just-en-Chausse, 1988, p. 187 and D. Boccara, Les Belles Heures de la Tapisserie, Italy, 1971, p. 73, while a further similar ostrich hunt scene was sold by Vigo Sternberg, Sotheby's, London, 29 February 1996, lot 16. Two related hunting scenes were sold from the collection of Sir Philip Sasson, Bt, Christie's, London, 14 November 2002, lots 186 and 187.
Other exotic hunting scenes included falcon, lion, fox, unicorn, wolf, bear, boar and bull hunts and were inspired by engravings after Giovanni Stradano (d. 1605), Karel van Mander the Younger (d. 1623), David Vinckeboons (d. 1629) and François Etienne Delaune (d. 1583).