Infant Cyrus given to shepherd Mithridates and nursed by his wife, Cyno. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Tiegen, Jan van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] Leyniers, Nikolaus (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 420 x W 520 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool; silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). In
Infant Cyrus given to shepherd Mithridates and nursed by his wife, Cyno. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Tiegen, Jan van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] Leyniers, Nikolaus (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 420 x W 520 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool; silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, left Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on drapery [not legible in photograph]: RATIONI. NON. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche [not legible in photograph]: FAMA / CON / Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border (from left to right): FAMA / CON/ Shepherd Mithridates holds staff & stands above his seated wife, Cyno, who holds infant Cyrus, child touches Cyno's shoulder (center, foreground); drapery with inscription, farmhouse (R, middle ground); animals in forest (L, middle ground); landscape with animals (R, background) (L & R BRD) vases of flowers with female figure at top, male figure at bottom in corner; (UPR BRD) vases of flowers, central cartouche with inscription; (LWR BRD) various animals framed by female statue-columns, central medallion within cartouche, tablet with inscription at each end 1 in set of 10 panels; Photo Study Collection does not represent panel no. 8. Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 279-289, series 39, no. 1; 290-296, series 40, nos. 1-6 Calvert, Spanish Royal Tapestries (1921), 62-64 Valencia de Don Juan, Tapices de la Corona de España, 79,80, pl. 117 Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (19
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