STYLE: Private Collections

STYLE: Private Collections

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THREE GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRIES, FROM THE SERIES OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, GOBELINS WORKSHOP, WITH FIGURES AFTER NICOLAS BERTIN AND LANDSCAPES OF ROBERT FRANÇOIS BONNART 18TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

November 12, 05:03 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

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THREE GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRIES, FROM THE SERIES OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, GOBELINS WORKSHOP, WITH FIGURES AFTER NICOLAS BERTIN AND LANDSCAPES OF ROBERT FRANÇOIS BONNART 18TH CENTURY


Flora and Zephyr, Flora seated underneath plinth and vase of flowers within elaborate garden setting and Zephyr seated on a cloud passing her flowers (approximately 324cm high, 335cm wide; 10ft. 7in., 10ft. 11in), Mercury, Cupid and Argus, woven with Cupid and Mercury looking upon the sleeping figure of Argus, Io transformed into the white heifer, reduced in width, originally larger tapestry (approximately 322cm high, 222cm wide; 10ft. 6in., 7ft. 3in) and Apollo and Hyacinth, seated together Apollo with his lyre and Hyacinth his bow and quiver (approximately 312cm high, 218cm wide; 10ft 2in., 7ft. 1in); all depicted in a landscape setting, within a four-sided frame pattern border