A striking mythological, military Flemish tapestry,late 16th/early 17th century, later reduced the main field depicting a lively ambush scene, possibly the story of Elymian (Western Sicilians) attacking the Greek camp which was beseiging Segesta in 397BC, the unwitting camp emerging from tents and sitting at tables as their armed attackers encircle them, a fallen soldier to the immediate foreground as his opponent spears him in the chest, a citadel to the upper right hand and a starry skyscape to the upper left, some detachment to lower edge 397cm x 283cm
A striking mythological, military Flemish tapestry,late 16th/early 17th century, later reduced the main field depicting a lively ambush scene, possibly the story of Elymian (Western Sicilians) attacking the Greek camp which was beseiging Segesta in 397BC, the unwitting camp emerging from tents and sitting at tables as their armed attackers encircle them, a fallen soldier to the immediate foreground as his opponent spears him in the chest, a citadel to the upper right hand and a starry skyscape to the upper left, some detachment to lower edge 397cm x 283cm
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