TAPESTRY “CUPID AS A CHILD RIDING IN A CHARIOT PULLED BY PUTTI” - The Embden Collection Probably Brussels or Antwerp, end of the 17th century. Polychrome wool. Depiction of a group of putti playing music and pulling a chariot with Cupid as a child, in a park landscape with a parrot, fountains and Baroque architecture. Opulent border depicting fruit and flowers. 290 × 450 cm. Small tears and losses, the border cut at the top, but still complete. Provenance: The Arlette and Antony Embden Collection, France. Cf. a tapestry from the Antwerp manufactory of Simon Bouwens, depicting putti playing music in a park landscape (Guy Delmarcel: La Tapisserie Flamande. Paris 1999, pp. 254/255). * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.