La Prise de Lille French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 44"H a Dutch engraver

a Dutch engraver

It is also called The Garden of Creation or The Garden of Tal

This golden toned landscape of a pastoral scene is rich

plants and landscape of the countryside

white and red combine to create a simple yet intriguing stand of trees

La Prise de Lille French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 44"H a Dutch engraverThis Flemish wall tapestry depicts the taking of the town of Lille in 1667. It is one of fourteen tapestries illustrating the wars of Louis XIV, called l'Histoire du Roi, or the Story of the King, woven at the Gobelins during the second half of the 17th century. This small extract with added border represents when Lille was taken over by the Spanish on the 28th of August 1667.