The Return from the Hunt
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The Return from the Hunt is a Flemish tapestry woven in Tournai around 1525–1550, in undyed wool warp with dyed wool and silk weft. The scene is crowded with figures — hunters on horseback, a woman being served food at a table, men gathering fruit from trees, dogs and horses, castles and towers rising in the background. Tournai was one of the great tapestry-producing centers of northern Europe, along with Arras and Brussels, and tapestries like this one were among the most expensive and prestigious art objects of the late medieval period. Le Corbusier called tapestries "nomadic murals" — kings and noblemen would roll them up and transport them between residences. The original is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.