A Continental 'Teniers' tapestry, 18th century, possibly Brussels, emblematic of Spring and fertility, depicting a shepherd with sheep, a milk maid milking a cow and figures in the background, approximately 249 by 271cm The milkmaid seated prominently in the foreground is a recurring feature in genre tapestries of milking scenes after Teniers, see for example Sotheby's New York, 17 October 2015, lot 731 The unusual composition of the present tapestry may also have been influenced by the influential 'months' tapestries from the workshops of Gilles, Urbanus and Jan Leyniers, woven during the late 17th/18th centuries. In this series, the month of June is rendered as a sheep shearing scene. See Sotheby's London, 1 November 2005, lot 163