47.42_01
Type
tapestry fragment
Title
Landscape with Ox Hunt
Date
circa 1575-1600
Materials
wool (warps), wool (wefts), silk (wefts), 8-9 warp threads per cm, 3 ply S Z
Place
Southern Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands, Hainaut, Enghien (probably) (place of manufacture)
Description
Wool tapestry panel depicting a landscape with ox hunt. One ox, towards the left of the scene, has been cornered and is about to fall victim to the hunters’ spears and hounds, the other, to the right, has driven its hunters to take refuge up a tree. Part of Burrell Collection.
Category
TEXTILES
Measurements
overall: 410 mm x 1630 mm