Cyrus saves Croesus from pyre . unknown c. 1575-1600 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: Left border inscription [partially legible in photograph]:.. MAIORE VENONOR Inscriptions: Bottom border inscription, left [partially legibile in photograph]: S[R]RV[IT].. PREMIVM Inscriptions: Bottom border inscription, right [partially legibile in photograph]: BVS Inscriptions: Right border inscription [partially legibile in photograph]: CO[C]IT CVRA MEORVM Inscriptions: Initials on coat of arms in border i
Cyrus saves Croesus from pyre . unknown c. 1575-1600 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: Left border inscription [partially legible in photograph]:.. MAIORE VENONOR Inscriptions: Bottom border inscription, left [partially legibile in photograph]: S[R]RV[IT].. PREMIVM Inscriptions: Bottom border inscription, right [partially legibile in photograph]: BVS Inscriptions: Right border inscription [partially legibile in photograph]: CO[C]IT CVRA MEORVM Inscriptions: Initials on coat of arms in border in every corner (counter-clockwise, starting at left): V / M / I In forest, Cyrus & Croesus talk (center, foreground); man stops approaching man (L, middle ground); lone man walks toward city (center, background) (BRD) vignettes framed by flowers & fruit; (UPR BRD) reclining female figure, coat of arms (with eagle & crown, inscription) crowns figure; (LWR BRD) cartouche with animals, inscription below, coat of arms (with eagle & crown, inscription) surmounted by figure; (L & R BRD) seated female figures with scenes below in center French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, M-75 Related Works: Stylistically similar tapestry (same borders), GCPA 0240833-0240834
Size: 6900px × 10676px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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