Lot no. 257
Silk, gold and silver thread embroidery illustrating the Song of Songs 3.
The bride is lying in bed with a representation of the Judgement of Solomon. She is surrounded by the city guards. In lectulo meo per noctes quaesivi quem diligit anima mea quaesivi illum et non inveni /Surgam, et circuibo civitatem: per vicos et plateas quaeram quem diligit anima mea: quaesivi illum, et non inveni. / Invenerunt me vigiles qui custodiunt civitatem: Num quem diligit anima mea vidistis? (On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my heart loves. I looked for him, but did not find him. Then I said to myself: I must get up, I'll go round the town, through the streets and squares, I'll look everywhere for the one my heart loves. I looked for him, but didn't find him. The guards found me, those who go round the town. I asked them: "The one my heart loves, have you not seen him?)
Italy or France, 16th century
Height: 22.5 cm - Width: 26.5 cm
In a gilded wood frame
(minor accidents and wear)
Provenance : Former collection of the Château de B...
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