Lot 212: ANOTHER ENGLISH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY, POSSIBLY LAMBETH WORKSHOP, FROM THE STORY OF HERO AND

ANOTHER ENGLISH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY, POSSIBLY LAMBETH WORKSHOP, FROM THE STORY OF HERO AND LEANDER, FROM A SERIES OF SIX TAPESTRIES DESIGNED BY FRANCIS CLEYN (1623-1658) LATE 17TH CENTURY

woven depicting the despairing Hero kneeling over the body of her lover Leander who is supported by the rocks on which his dead body has been washed up, Hero's attendant stands over the couple with clasped hands in prayer, the sun shining over all the figures, and overlooked from the right by a despondent figure of Cupid perched on the rocks, with bow and quiver at its feet and a down facing torch in one hand, a castle turret is visible to the left and the sea extends into the distance, and land is visible in the far right, with a building, with a later blue and yellow selvedge

CATALOGUE NOTE

see footnote to previous lot.

198cm. high, 384cm. wide; 6ft. 6in., 12ft. 7in.