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Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses

A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Date:

c. 1685

Artist:

After a design probably by Peter Ykens (1648–1695) and Pieter Spierinckx (1635–1711)
Woven at the Wauters workshop
Flanders, Antwerp

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Wauters Workshop (Manufacturer)

Title

Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses

Place

Antwerp (Object made in)

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Made 1675–1695

Medium

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

Dimensions

328.2 × 299.1 cm (129 3/16 × 117 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Marshall Field and Company

Reference Number

1952.1245

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