gypsy fortune teller, a flemish pastoral tapestry, lille or oudenaarde circa 1730

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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Description

305 by 262cm

within a four-sided floral border on a brown ground

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, The Vigo-Sternberg Collection of European Tapestries, 29th February 1999, lot 67

Catalogue Note

inspired by the Gipsy Fortune Teller from an extensive series of 'Teniers' subject tapestries worven by the Brussels weavers in the first half of the 18th century, including the use of the red and blue cartwheel hat