Verdure with Orpheus playing lyre. unknown c. 1650-1670 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 120. Ground of scrolling acanthus leaves with central medallion containing landscape with Orpheus playing lyre & enchanting animals, including bull, 2 lions, lamb, horse & dog (BRD) mid-point landscape medallions flanked by festoons; medallion scenes: sitting at Jacob's well Christ asks Samaritan woman for a drink, Elijah fed by the raven, Samaritan tending wounds of traveller, journey to Emm
Verdure with Orpheus playing lyre. unknown c. 1650-1670 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 120. Ground of scrolling acanthus leaves with central medallion containing landscape with Orpheus playing lyre & enchanting animals, including bull, 2 lions, lamb, horse & dog (BRD) mid-point landscape medallions flanked by festoons; medallion scenes: sitting at Jacob's well Christ asks Samaritan woman for a drink, Elijah fed by the raven, Samaritan tending wounds of traveller, journey to Emmaus: Cleopas & Peter meet Christ Amsterdam (Rijks.), Geweven boeket (1971), cat. 7 Related Works: Compositionally & iconographically similar tapestries: Geweven Boeket, cat. 10 & 11
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