Shepherd and Shepherdess Making Music, ca. 1500–1530, South Netherlandish, Wool warp; wool and silk wefts, Overall: 92 1/2 x 115in. (234.9 x 292.1cm), Textiles-Tapestries, This tapestry fragment depicts a shepherd couple entertaining themselves with music, while three sheep from their flock graze behind them in the flower-covered background. The shepherdess, seen at the left, holds up a sheet of music as she sings Chantons sur lerbette, Let's sing, on the grass, Avec ta musette with your bagpipe, Quelque note double a tune for two
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Shepherd, Shepherdess, Music, ca, 1500–1530, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk wefts, Overall, 92 1/2 x 115in, 234.9 292.1cm, Textiles-Tapestries, tapestry, fragment, depicts, shepherd couple, entertaining, themselves, music, three sheep, flock graze, flower-covered background, shepherdess, left, holds up, sheet, sings Chantons, sur, lerbette, Let, sing, grass, Avec ta, musette, your bagpipe, Quelque note, double, tune, two
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