La Prise de Lille French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 44"H a Dutch engraver

a Dutch engraver

This Italian style wall hanging is a perfect depiction of a fruitful lemon tree in an ornate mosaic urn

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The Knights of the Round Table make their farewells to the ladies of Camelot

This golden toned landscape of a pastoral scene is rich

La Prise de Lille French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 44"H a Dutch engraverThis Flemish wall tapestry depicts the taking of the town of Lille in 1667. It is one of fourteen tapestries illustrating the wars of Louis XIV, called l'Histoire du Roi, or the Story of the King, woven at the Gobelins during the second half of the 17th century. This small extract with added border represents when Lille was taken over by the Spanish on the 28th of August 1667.