British & Continental Auction | December 6, 2024
Fri, Dec 6, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1543
Dutch 'Game Park with Fantastical Animals' Wool Tapestry
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Starting Bid
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Netherlands, late 16th century, likely a fragment of a larger panel, landscape game park scene with a foreground of real and fantastical animals, including a griffin, parrots, dragon, and a hare, background river or sea, with men, dogs, and horses engaged in a stag hunt, bridge, a boat, and a structure on an island, hunt or battle scene with men on horses and dogs, fallen man in the center holds a shield, narrow border of yellow and black wool, 87 x 106 in. (7 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. 10 in.)
Provenance: Probably acquired in New York, NY in the 1920s by Warren J. Smadbeck of New York;
1965, inherited from Warren J. Smadbeck by Violeta Rodriguez Smadbeck (Mrs. Warren J. Smadbeck) of New York;
1998, gift of Violeta Rodriguez Smadbeck to the Brooklyn Museum;
Property from the Brooklyn Museum
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Probably acquired in New York, NY in the 1920s by Warren J. Smadbeck of New York;
1965, inherited from Warren J. Smadbeck by Violeta Rodriguez Smadbeck (Mrs. Warren J. Smadbeck) of New York;
1998, gift of Violeta Rodriguez Smadbeck to the Brooklyn Museum;
Property from the Brooklyn Museum
overall fading and toning, minor separations throughout, surface losses and scattered probable restorations throughout, border likely added during modern conservation treatment, no lining
