A Flemish tapestry portrait group depicting The Holy Family probably 18th century

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Description

wool
With frame: 108cm. high, 80cm. wide, 6.5cm. deep; 3ft. 6in., 2ft. 7in., 2in.; Tapestry panel: 99cm. high, 73cm. wide; 3ft. 3in., 2ft. 4in.

of horizontal format, woven with Mary with her red robe and blue cloak, holding the Christ child in her arms, with Joseph looking on, set against graded brown background, mounted within modern perspex box frame

Catalogue Note

Anna Bennett, Five Centuries of Tapestry, The Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, 1992, pp.200-203, illustrates and discusses two portraits of the Madonna and Child, both with metal-threads, one of which is signed I.D.Melter (weaver in Brussels and Lille, late 17th century). See Christie's London, 14th November 2002, lot 184, for oval tapestry depicting Christ with the Crown of Thorns, with consideration of Melter as the weaver.