Noah's Ark tapestry, Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France

Detail of a wool tapestry of Noah's Ark in the great flood, Flemish, possibly from Audenarde, 17th century, owned by the DRAC Centre, in the Salle d'Apparat or Ceremonial Hall of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Detail of a wool tapestry of Noah's Ark in the great flood, Flemish, possibly from Audenarde, 17th century, owned by the DRAC Centre, in the Salle d'Apparat or Ceremonial Hall of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen