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Landscape with a Temple (tapestry in two halves)
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This tapestry is two fragments of a verdure tapestry depicting a landscape with a temple in the distance. The border shows flower garlands held aloft by putti. It is an example of Oudenaarde tapestry production from the early seventeenth century.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Ross Whistler gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1951
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Ross Whistler
Title: Landscape with a Temple (tapestry in two halves)
Description:
This tapestry is two fragments of a verdure tapestry depicting a landscape with a temple in the distance.
The border shows flower garlands held aloft by putti.
It is an example of Oudenaarde tapestry production from the early seventeenth century.
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