[Sidenote:
_Wool and Silk._
H. 5 _ft._ 9 _in._
W. 12 _ft._ 9 _in._
]
VERDURE: _In the center a château surrounded by a moat on which swans and
ducks swim about. At the left fishermen on the bank and a hunter with his
dogs. On the right mounted hunters chasing rabbits through a wood._
[Sidenote: Lent by _Mrs. William H. Crocker_.]
The high-keyed landscape on a small scale was the Renaissance successor to
the Gothic millefleurs. The drawing in this piece is beautifully clean and
exact, and the color delightfully and uncommonly varied and vibrant. The
château is so carefully rendered that it is valuable as an architectural
record. The piece may have been made by Flemish weavers working in England.
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