Death of Decius. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (author of design) [painter] c. 1650 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right [partially visible in photograph] Decius Mus falls off his rearing horse (R, foreground); soldier plunges sword into Decius' neck (center, middle ground); another soldier raises up sword (L, foreground); bodies of soldiers & horses on ground (center, foreground); soldiers with spears (L & R, bac
Death of Decius. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (author of design) [painter] c. 1650 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right [partially visible in photograph] Decius Mus falls off his rearing horse (R, foreground); soldier plunges sword into Decius' neck (center, middle ground); another soldier raises up sword (L, foreground); bodies of soldiers & horses on ground (center, foreground); soldiers with spears (L & R, background) (BRD) garlands of flowers tied with ribbons, decorative moldings with lion masks in corners; (L & R BRD) decorative moldings in center; (UPR & LWR BRD) empty cartouche in center Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), pl. X,aa New York (Met), Decius Mus Cycle (1985), 9, 10 Liechtenstein, Peter Paul Rubens (1988), 85-91, no. V Related Works: Rubens' original painting of this scene, GCPA 0240522, 0240525 (Vaduz, Liechtenstein'sche Fürstliche Sammlungen, Ref. 51, "Der Tod des Decius Mus in der Schlacht")
Size: 6144px × 4331px
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