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BRUSSELS MANUFACTORY, Flanders, early 18th century, c.
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477
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BRUSSELS MANUFACTORY, Flanders, early 18th century, c.
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,500 - €4,500
Voluntary lot
Description
BRUSSELS MANUFACTORY, Flanders, early 18th century, c. 1710–1725
Diana and Actaeon
An episode from Ovid’s *Metamorphoses*
Silk and wool tapestry, with a high proportion of silk threads. Remarkably fresh colours, beautifully fine weaving and splendid polychromy.
It depicts Diana, caught bathing by Actaeon, in a wooded landscape with pastoral and hunting themes. Diana and the female figures are shown by a fountain on the left; Actaeon, a hunter armed with his bow and quiver, stands on the right, whilst his hounds occupy the foreground. The landscape is embellished with architectural elements rendered in perspective.
Height: 215 cm
Width: 158 cm
Restorations.
Note:
A Brussels tapestry depicting Diana, attributed to the Leyniers’ workshops, is held at the Rijksmuseum. An earlier reference to a ‘Diana and Actaeon’, described as an early 18th-century Brussels tapestry, also appears in the 1913 Ghent catalogue.
Comparable works:
Louvre Museum, Paris; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Knole, National Trust; Bayreuth Castle; MSK, Ghent.
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About the sale
PRESTIGE - CLASSICAL CENTURIES - VAYRES CASTLE
Auction location
Auction time
10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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