Sacrifice offered by Perseus and Andromeda (and other scenes). unknown c. 1520-1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'4" x W 13'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Raoul Heilbronner coll., Paris. Sold at Galerie Georges Petit (Paris) 6/22-23/1921, lot. 243 (Heilbronner sale). French & Co. purchased from the Galérie Georges Petit (Heilbronner sale), invoiced (?) 8/17/1921 [SS 23712]. The same or a duplicate tapestry was in the cathedral at Tarragona. Sacrifice (foreground); Perseus holds Gorgon's head to turn sea monster int
Sacrifice offered by Perseus and Andromeda (and other scenes). unknown c. 1520-1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'4" x W 13'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Raoul Heilbronner coll., Paris. Sold at Galerie Georges Petit (Paris) 6/22-23/1921, lot. 243 (Heilbronner sale). French & Co. purchased from the Galérie Georges Petit (Heilbronner sale), invoiced (?) 8/17/1921 [SS 23712]. The same or a duplicate tapestry was in the cathedral at Tarragona. Sacrifice (foreground); Perseus holds Gorgon's head to turn sea monster into stone to release Andromeda (upper L); Andromeda prepares for wedding (?) (upper R); Perseus & Andromeda married by Cepheus (center background) (BRD) garland Woven in Brussels? French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 23712 French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 7739-141 Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 548 Related Works: Possible Related Works: panels in set, GCPA 0238685-0238686; National Museum, Cracow "Zeus comes to Danae in a shower of gold"; & New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Perseus rescues Andromeda"
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