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Tapestry Entrefenêtre: Samson

c. 1625
Artist/maker unknown, Flemish Workshop of Jan Raes II (Flemish, born c. 1570, died before May 19, 1643)
The term entrefenêtre is derived from fenêtre, the French word for window. The direct translation is between a window or opening, which is where narrow tapestries like this one hung.

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