AN EXTREMELY RARE SET OF FIVE FAUX TAPESTRY PANELS DEPICTING SCENES FROM GRETRY'S OPERA-COMIQUE, ZEMIRE ET AZOR

June 16 2009, 2:30pm

Of tempera on canvas. Each panel depicting a vignette from the tale of Zemire et Azor showing elegant ladies and gentlemen in period costume variously swooning and indicating horror at the sight of the beastly Azor. All set within a painted faux gilt frame.