Hunting Equestrian
Man’s fascination with the horse and equestrian arts found frequent expression in tapestry design, most famously perhaps with the 16th century set known as The Hunts of the Emperor Maximilian (1531 – 1533), a series of twelve Renaissance tapestries now conserved in the Louvre. Other famous series include Francis Cleyn’s The Great Horses woven at Mortlake in the 17th century and Jean-Baptiste Oudry’s The Hunts of Louis XV. Bull, boar, bear, stag, and ostrich hunts were also popular and frequently depicted equestrian figures.
Hawking
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Rare Gothic Tapestry
Tournai, circa 1500 – 1510
Provenance: Heilbronner collection
11ft 9in width x 9ft 0in height
3.58m x 2.74m
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La Chasse du Roi
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Beauvais Royal Hunting Tapestry
After The Hunts of Louis XV by Jean Baptiste Oudry (1686 – 1755)
France, Early 18th Century
12ft 7in width x 10ft 1in height
3.84m x 3.07m -
Shooting and The Hunters
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Aubusson Tapestry Panel
France, circa 1770
14ft 9in width x 7ft 5in height
4.50m x 2.26m
