PANEL OF TAPESTRY AUDENARDE (FLANDERS) END... - Lot 87 - Osenat

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PANEL OF TAPESTRY AUDENARDE (FLANDERS) END... - Lot 87 - Osenat
PANEL OF TAPESTRY AUDENARDE (FLANDERS) END XVIEME CENTURY. Scene of hunting birds (ducks and geese) and country celebrations of Henry IV at the castle of Nerac playing the viola on the right accompanied by Queen Margot (Marguerite de Valois who is the daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de Medici. In wool and silk Large border with successive characters, baskets of fruit and flowers finely drawn. 300 x 262 cm Restorations. Henri de Navarre married Queen Margot in 1572 a few days before the Saint Barthélémy. She remained at the Court after her husband's flight and joined him in Nerac in 1579. She quarreled with him and returned to the Court but was expelled by Henri III in 1583 after plotting with the Duke of Alençon. Her husband welcomed her in Nerac but had her locked up in the Castle of Usson from 1587 to 1605. She consented to the annulment of her marriage in 1599 after the death of Gabrielle d'Estrées).
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