A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY

A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY

BRUSSELS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, AFTER PIETER COECKE VAN AELST, BY JAN RAES

Woven in silks and wools, depicting \'St. Paul directing the burning of the heathen books\', from \'The Story of St. Paul\', with St. Paul standing next to a burning pile of books before the temple of Diana in Ephesus, flanked by attendants, the background with St. Paul preaching, within ribbon and fruiting vine border, blue guard border, Brussels town mark, signed IAN RAES, the reverse with a section of linen inscribed 4, minor consolidation

12 ft. 5 in. (379 cm.) high, 12 ft. 11 in. (394 cm.) wide