Caption

Tapestry-verdure, verdure with flowers and leaves, floral ornaments, 17th century, Flanders, fabric, height 194 cm, width 240 cm, A woven textile with a blue border shows a detailed scene of foliage, flowers, birds, and mythical creatures in a palette of blue, green, gold, brown, and muted pink. At the top, a row of stylized buildings sits behind a band of trees in green and gold. The central area is dominated by a large plant with many green leaves and pink flowers growing against a deep blue background, with several birds perched among the branches and flying, their plumage rendered in gold, brown, and pale pink. Around the lower and side areas are various animals and fantastical beasts, including a winged creature with gold wings, a horned head, and a lion-like body in shades of brown and gold, as well as other creatures with patterned tails and feathered forms in blue, gold, and brown tones. The composition is richly filled with layered leaves, curling vines, and floral motifs in green, gold, and pink, with small accents of lighter blue and beige throughout.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_070

License type

Rights managed

Available size

80.6Mb (11.6Mb) / 20.0in x 15.6in / 6000 x 4693 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry-verdure verdure flowers leaves floral ornaments 17th century Flanders fabric height 194 cm width 240 cm woven textile blue border detailed scene foliage birds mythical creatures palette blue green gold brown muted pink top row stylized buildings sits band trees central area dominated large plant green leaves pink flowers growing deep blue background several perched branches flying plumage rendered pale pink lower side areas various animals fantastical beasts winged creature gold wings horned head lion- body shades well creatures patterned tails feathered forms brown tones composition richly filled layered leaves curling vines floral motifs pink small accents lighter blue beige .