Triumph of Love (Cupid). unknown c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 5'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: Inscription on end of banderole above scene:.. monde Inscriptions: Illegible inscription in upper central field on garment of female figure Inscriptions: Inscription in upper central field on garment of female figure with harp: urania Inscriptions: Inscription in lower central field on garment of man: piramis In landscape, 2 sirens with fishes' bodies & bird's feet & figure of Urania playi
Triumph of Love (Cupid). unknown c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 5'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: Inscription on end of banderole above scene:.. monde Inscriptions: Illegible inscription in upper central field on garment of female figure Inscriptions: Inscription in upper central field on garment of female figure with harp: urania Inscriptions: Inscription in lower central field on garment of man: piramis In landscape, 2 sirens with fishes' bodies & bird's feet & figure of Urania playing harp hold ropes of chariot (in missing L portion of panel); behind them, couple holding hands; lying on ground, Pyramus & Thisbe; cityscape in background Fragment of tapestry; right third only of the complete composition. Borders missing (Cavallo). Male figures in upper half of tapestry are not in the Vienna version of this scene (Steele). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 4306 Scheicher, JbKhistWien 61 (1971), 7-46 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (complete version), Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, "Triumph of Love" (GCPA 0237099); stylistically similar tapestry, GCPA 0237088; 0237090; 0237092
Size: 5810px × 12721px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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