Caption

Tapestry-verdure, verdure with flowers and leaves, floral ornaments, 17th century, Flanders; fabric; height 194 cm, width 240 cm., The image shows a woven tapestry with a predominantly muted green background and a border in blue and beige; the tapestry features a complex botanical scene with a group of leafy vines and several stylized flowers in shades of pink, red, and yellow; animal figures appear throughout, including birdlike shapes and other creatures rendered in brown, tan, and gold tones with patterned feathers and fur; the upper edge displays architectural silhouettes in faded beige and brown, and there are areas of wear and lighter thread revealing underlying canvas in pale beige; overall the palette includes green, brown, tan, gold, beige, blue, pink, and red.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_071

License type

Rights managed

Available size

80.6Mb (13.3Mb) / 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 image woven tapestry predominantly muted green background border blue beige tapestry features complex botanical scene group leafy vines several stylized flowers shades pink red yellow animal figures birdlike shapes creatures rendered brown tan gold tones patterned feathers fur upper edge displays architectural silhouettes faded beige areas wear lighter thread revealing underlying canvas pale beige palette includes green gold red.