Tapestry in wool and silk (8 threads per square cm).
<p>Donated by Louis XIV to the Swedish ambassador in Paris (not likely, see below), Count Nils Bielke, whose daughter, Eva Bielke, was married to Abraham Brahe. The tapestry series came under the ownership of the Brahe family in 1697. Nils Bielke and Eva Horn gave it as a sponsor gift to his daughter's son Nils Brahe (according to Å Meyerson). 1600s
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Signed "Joannes Franciscus van den Hecke" and "BB" with intermediate shield.
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