"This tapestry is almost the antithesis of what one expects from a great sixteenth-century weaving."
Curator Elizabeth Cleland on "Hunters in a Landscape," a Flemish tapestry from the sixteenth century.
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The stunning tapestry woven by victims of religious persecution
"This tapestry is almost the antithesis of what one expects from a great sixteenth-century weaving."
Elizabeth Cleland
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Elizabeth Cleland
Associate Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Associate Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1575–95