A large Italian baroque embroidery





A large Italian probably Neapolitan baroque silk embroidery representing a sleeping Roman soldier seated against a tree where a monkey watches him next to a horse , a Roman city or Jerusalem in the background.

Beautifully embroidered with some coral beads and mirrors applied to the embroidery.

Circa 1680 - 1700.

In a fine carved oak frame of later date.

Height 220 cm ( 7 ft 3 inches) x width 152 cm ( 5 ft)







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