Marriage of Paris and Helen. unknown c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 418 x W 670 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 6-7/cm); wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: French & Co. Spain, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Cathedral of La Seo. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left of center Marriage of Paris & Helen (center); Paris brings message to Venus (Aphrodite) (lower L); Chryseis kneels with sword before Ulysses in front of Paris (upper L); Menelaus, Agamemnon, & his slave Chryseis with other persons in mansion (lower R); prediction of soothsayer Calchas presenc
Marriage of Paris and Helen. unknown c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 418 x W 670 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 6-7/cm); wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: French & Co. Spain, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Cathedral of La Seo. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left of center Marriage of Paris & Helen (center); Paris brings message to Venus (Aphrodite) (lower L); Chryseis kneels with sword before Ulysses in front of Paris (upper L); Menelaus, Agamemnon, & his slave Chryseis with other persons in mansion (lower R); prediction of soothsayer Calchas presence of Achilles about pestilence sent into Greek camp because of abduction of Chryseis (BRD) garland with leaves & grapes Possibly woven in Brussels [Kraak]. The city mark was added after the tapestry was woven. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Torra, Tapices de la Seo de Zaragoza (1985), 178-189, series X, Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), no. 8 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240931-0240932; stylistically similar tapestries, GCPA 0240934; San Francisco, Fine arts Museums, "Scenes from the Trojan War", Ref. , 30, 29
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