La Recolte des Ananas I French Wall Tapestry Renaissance This Lion represents the main

This Lion represents the main quality of the Goddess

Here we have a woven tapestry rendition of a painting by Bierdstadt of the California Sierra Nevada mountains that was originally painted in 1868

The romantic appeal of Sir Francis Dicksee's medieval style earned him great success and popularity

and is surrounded by an arabesque border

Her paintings

La Recolte des Ananas I French Wall Tapestry Renaissance This Lion represents the mainLa Recolte des Ananas, or The Pineapple Harvest, originates from a set of ten tapestries called The History of the Chinese Emperor that were initially made for the Rambouillet castle. At the end of the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries were returning from China with tales and knowledge that were to influence the royal courts of Europe. The tapestries, very exotic for the time, were commissioned by Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, son of the King Louis XIV,