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So-called "Portuguese Rug", detail of 31-03-01/14: Portuguese crews and captains (with European hats and buttons on their coats) arriving in their sailboats, perhaps landing in Goa. Swimmer and sea-animals. Wool, 14 colours, from Persia. Inv. T 8339.
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So-called "Portuguese Rug", detail of 31-03-01/14: Portuguese crews and cap...

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries is "A mon seul desir"-"After my own desire". The series was woven in Brussels, after Parisian cartons, for Jean le Viste, burgher of Paris. The five senses: Touch.Approx.370 x 355 cm 1480-1490
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Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries...

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries is "A mon seul desir"- "After my own desire". The series was woven in Brussels, after Parisian cartons, for Jean le Viste, burgher of Paris. The five senses: Sight. 312 x 330 cm 1480-1490
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Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries...

Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries is "A mon seul desir"- "After my own desire". The series was woven in Brussels, after Parisian cartons, for Jean le Viste, burgher of Paris. The five senses: Hearing.Approx.368 x 290 cm 1480-1490
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Tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn. The motto of this series of six tapestries...

The horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the Tapestry of the Apocalypse, made for Louis I of Anjou from cartons (patterns) by Hennequin de Bruges.The tapestry was woven in Paris in the workshop of Nicolas Bataille, 1375-1380. 168 x 500 cm. (Revelations 9:17):"And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone."
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The horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the Tapestry of the Apocalypse, made for L...

The joys of simple country life, "better than that of gentlemen and demoiselles," as one of the banners explains. Brussels, 17th
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The joys of simple country life, "better than that of gentlemen and demoise...

A lion devouring a monkey. From a series of tapestries woven in Brussels, after cartons by William Tons.
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A lion devouring a monkey. From a series of tapestr...

Dog killing a bird. From a series of tapestries woven in Brussels from cartons by William Tons.
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Dog killing a bird. From a series of tapestr...

The Noah-Tapestry. Noah building the ark.
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The Noah-Tapestry. Noah building the ark.

The Noah-Tapestry. A man carries his dead wife as the flood rises.
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The Noah-Tapestry. A man carries his dead wife as the flood rises.

The Noah-Tapestry. A rider and his horse drown in the flood.
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The Noah-Tapestry. A rider and his horse drown in the flood.

The Noah-Tapestry. A drowning man holds on to a branch.
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The Noah-Tapestry. A drowning man holds on to a branch.