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Tapestry of Myth and History

Intricate tapestries illustrating mythological and historical scenes, weaving together rich narratives of legendary figures and classical themes.

Tapestry in the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London in the United Kingdom.
Tapestry in the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London in the United Kingdom.
160 assets in this story
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The New Creation - Awakening, Phoebe Anna Traquair (Dublin, Ireland, 1852 - 1936) 1887
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El Bosco / 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', 1500-1505, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 220 cm x 389 cm, P02823. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Belle Epoque Amazon Theatre, Noble Hall frescoes, Manaus, Amazonia State, Brazil, South America
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Country Wedding, first half of the 17th century, 27 3/4 x 65 1/2 in. (70.49 x 166.37 cm), Wool, silk; tapestry weave, France (northern), Flanders or Holland, 17th century
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Flemish high relief in the alabaster cabinet at Kasteel van Gaasbeek, renovated medieval castle at Lennik, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
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Textile, La danseuse de corde (The Tightrope Walker); Made by Petitpierre et Cie; France; cotton; Warp x Weft: 80.5 x 85.5 cm (31 11/16 x 33 11/16 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-91
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Sampler, Margaret Barnholt, (American), Medium: cotton and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and stem stitches on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered with cotton and silk in cross and stem stitches, A sampler with six scenes: a church with a garden, figures, animals, birds and butterflies in front; the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve; and a mourning scene with a weeping willow, and funerary urn, and four figures, two adults and two children. Three additional scenes show figures with animals and trees. With a rose vine border., The verse reads:, Mother dear weep not for me, When to this yard my grave you see, my time was short and blest was he, that called me to eternity, Pennsylvania, USA, 1831, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
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Silversmith's art, Germany, 16th century. Partly gilded silver and ebony plaque depicting Last Supper.
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Landscape, detail from a decorative fresco in the Coat of arms hall, by Andrea Tibaldi, Landriano Castle, belonged to the Taverna family, Lombardy. Italy, late 16th century.
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detail from the surround of an 18th century, oriental style, Adam Fireplace, Music room, Kenwood House, Hampstead Heath, Hampstead, London, England
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Rectangular wood frame (Emilia with Tuscany style) Cornice lignea rettangolare (Emilia con influssi toscani), 16th Century, water gilding (fine gold) with red bole, 25 x 33 x 12 cm
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The Day of Judgment 1805 England. Pen and gray and black inks and watercolor, with scraping, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board . William Blake
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Monument with two standing figures and two power gods.
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Field of four tiles with hunters and animals, Anonymous, c. 1580 - c. 1625 Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green and purple) hunter on a ground within a square. In the corners, ornament in Vultechniek. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green and purple) hunter on a ground within a square. In the corners, ornament in Vultechniek. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica
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Sweethearts of Mercury and Herse. Flamenco tapestry. Prat de la Riba room. Institute of Catalan Studies. Barcelona. Century XVI.
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Birth of European Art Robert Reid (1862-1929 American) Oil on canvas David David Gallery, Philadelphia
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fine arts, religious art, Jesus Christ, adoration of the magi, tapestry, after Rogier van der Weyden, wool, Tournai, circa 1450, Historical Museum, Bern,
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MOSAICO CON EL ESCUDO DE SANTA CATALINA - SIGLO XVI. Author: FIGUEROA Y GAITAN A. Location: MUSEO RUIZ DE LUNA. Toledo. SPAIN.
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Sampler, 1810. England, early 19th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 47 x 44.2 cm (18 1/2 x 17 3/8 in.).
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Azulejos, cloister, Porto Cathedral, Portugal, Europe
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Plaque depicting Bernard Palissy 1846 Sèvres Manufactory French This framed porcelain plaque is exceptional not only for the quality of the plaques painted decoration but also for the complex and elaborate frame that was created for it. Various artists were com-missioned to design the different components of the frame, and the complexity of the project represents an unusually ambitious undertaking on the part of the Sèvres factory. The frame is all the more remarkable as its design relates directly to the subject matter of the plaque, and its various elements were intended to embellish the portrayal of the plaques central character.The plaque depicts an episode from the life of the potter Bernard Palissy (French, 1510-1590), whose name became synonymous with French Renaissance ceramics. Palissy, in the center of the composition, holds a ceramic ewer ready to be placed in the kiln in front of him. He stands amid broken pieces of furniture that he has destroyed with the axe at his feet
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Columbian courtship: cards entitled 'Miss America as la belle sauvage fancy free' and 'the Norseman.'. Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Proofs, Cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Bow and arrow, Decoration and ornament, Indian women , North America, Vikings
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Study for the Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1859-1862. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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REPRESENTACION DE ALAVA EN MOSAICO. Location: España Square. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
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Roundel with Vanitas 1510-20 North Netherlandish. Roundel with Vanitas. North Netherlandish. 1510-20. Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain. Made in Haarlem, North Netherlands. Glass-Stained
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Vera Cruz, 1350. Museu-Tresor de la Catedral de Girona / Museo Tesoro de la Catedral de Gerona.
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Fragment (France); cotton
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Germany, Saxony, Dresden, Furstenzug Or Procession Of The Dukes In Auguststrasse A Mural On 25 000 Meissen Tiles That Depicts 35 Noblemen From The 12Th Century Konrad The Great To Friedrich August Iii Saxonys Last King Who Ruled From 1904-1918. It Was Originally Painted By Wilhelm Walter Between 1870 And 1876 But Eventually The Stucco Began To Crumble And Around 1906-07 It Was Replaced By The Tiles. Detail Showing Moritz And August.
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Paul et Virginie, Petitpierre et Cie, (Nantes, France, 1770-1848), Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave, A series of pictorial vignettes illustrating the story of Paul and Virginia as originally told in the novel by Bernadin de St-Pierre (1788) and later in an opera (which changed the ending of the original story) by Kreutzer and Favieres (1791). Scenes include a shipwreck and scenes on a tropical island. In red on white., Nantes, France, ca. 1795, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile, Textile
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Portrait of Charles V of Spain (1500-1558), Battel, Jan van, II (1477-1557)
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Artist, attributed to: Master of Vicchio di Rimaggio, Italian, active ca. 1290, Artist, school of: Rimini, Scenes from the Lives of Christ and Saint John theBaptist, ca.1310, Tempera and silver on panel, 45.4 × 68.3 × 2.9 cm (17 7/8 × 26 7/8 × 1 1/8in.), Italian, 14thcentury, Paintings
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Figure of Asia, Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595, Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603, fruitwood, Panel in gadrooned frame. Female figure, swinging censer, seated in chariot drawn by two camels; in background, a battle scene against the backdrop of a hill town. At top right, labeled 'Asia'., Eger, Bohemia, late 17th-early 18th century, woodwork, Decorative Arts, Panel, Panel
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Cavagnole Game Board; papier mache, painted and gilded decoration
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Field of nine tiles with animals, anonymous, c. 1580 - c. 1625 Field of nine tiles (3 x 3) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green and purple) painted animal on a ground within a squared frame. In the corners, ornament in Vultechniek. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of nine tiles (3 x 3) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green and purple) painted animal on a ground within a squared frame. In the corners, ornament in Vultechniek. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica
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ALFONSO XI " EL JUSTICIERO ". REY DE CASTILLA - LEON . SALAMANCA 1311 / 1350. " ENTREGA DE ALAVA A LA CORONA DE CASTILLA EN 1332 ". AZULEJOS DE LA PLAZA DE ESPAÑA EN SEVILLA. SFGP / © KORPA.
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Tableau van Schelpen, Anonymous, 1700 Tableau van Schelpen, which a farmer and a farmer's wife shows a background of a canvas painted on canvas. The tableau comes from a garden dome in Zeeland. Northern Netherlands (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) wood (plant material). linen (material). Tableau van Schelpen, which a farmer and a farmer's wife shows a background of a canvas painted on canvas. The tableau comes from a garden dome in Zeeland. Northern Netherlands (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) wood (plant material). linen (material).
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. This tapestry is part of a set of Chinese’ wall hangings, after a design by the French painter François Boucher of 1742. It presents an imaginary view of a marketplace in Asia. It teems with the type of Asian luxury goods that were shipped to the northern Netherlands during the 17th century and subsequently found their way throughout Europe: porcelain, lacquerware, weapons and textiles. Such objects along with illustrated 17th-century Dutch travel accounts were an important source for Boucher.
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The lady and the unicorn tapestry, Cluny chapel, Paris, France PARIS, FRANCE, DECEMBER 16, 2023 : The lady and the unicorn, renaissance tapestry, Cluny chapel, Paris, France Copyright: xZoonar.com/Thexladyxandxthexunicornxtapestry,xClunyxchapel,xParis,xFrancex 22077079
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The lady and the unicorn tapestry, Cluny chapel, Paris, France PARIS, FRANCE, DECEMBER 16, 2023 : The lady and the unicorn, renaissance tapestry, Cluny chapel, Paris, France Copyright: xZoonar.com/Thexladyxandxthexunicornxtapestry,xClunyxchapel,xParis,xFrancex 22077076
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AZULEJO CON TEMA MUSICAL. Location: PALACIO EPISCOPAL. Malaga. SPAIN.
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REPRESENTACION DE TARRAGONA - MOSAICO DE AZULEJOS DE LA PLAZA DE ESPAÑA DE SEVILLA - SIGLO XX. Location: España Square. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. JAMES I OF ARAGON. JAIME II DE VALENCIA. MARTELL PERE / MARTELL PEDRO. JAIME I DE ARAGON EL CONQUISTADOR (1208-76).
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Natural History, the great encyclopaedia of the Roman writer Plimy the Elder, was written around AD77. It became a standard work of reference for scholars in the 15th and 16th century in Italy. This copy was made for the secretary to Pope Pius 11.
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Osborne. Date/Period: Ca. 1850. Sidewall. Machine-printed on continuous paper. Height: 355 mm (13.97 in); Width: 460 mm (18.11 in). Author: UNKNOWN.
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Travel in the Moon "." N ° 12. Clair de Terre ". Photograph by Jules Alexandre Marinier. Transparent stereoscopic view colored with pin holes on albumin paper. Before 1876. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99955-24 Opera, representation, stereo, stereoscopic view, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century, scene
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ESCUDO IMPERIAL BORDADO EN ORO Y PLATA TOLEDO S XVIII. Location: CONVENTO DE SAN CLEMENTE-MUSEO. Toledo. SPAIN.
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Hooked Rug. Culture: American. Dimensions: 65 1/2 x 36 in. (166.4 x 91.4 cm). Maker: Lucy Trask Barnard (1800-1896). Date: ca. 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Tile with the vision of Cornelius. Tile with a blue painted biblical performance with the vision of Cornelius. At the bottom of the inscription: Actor 10: 1. In the corners, leaves and C volutes. This tile is part of a field of 2 x 2 tiles together with BK-15579, 15580 and 15581.
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Cinderella with the Prince at the Ball
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Ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, by Augustine Aglio, color print from Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, by Edward King Kingsborough, volume III, 1831-1848, London.
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Two Minstrels Stained Glass 1885-1895 . Stained and painted glass .
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Suicide of Numantians in face of siege of Scipio Aemilianus, 133 BC. Soria. Spanish tiles.
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The Virgin and Saints Interceding before Christ for the Souls of the Lost. Artist: Johann Baptist Enderle (German, Ulm 1725-1798 Donauwörth). Dimensions: Sheet: ca. 26 x 17 11/16 in. (66 x 45 cm). Date: 1771 or before. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Choosing The Red and White Roses in the Temple Garden, 1910. Depicting the likely-fictional scene by William Shakespeare of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset being challenged by Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York to choose between the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster... Artist: Henry Payne. Watercolour
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Historic illustration, German ornaments, Delfter Fayencen
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Vase on a tray, pietra dura marquetry from the Chapel of the Princes, Basilica of St Lawrence, Florence. Italy, 17th century.
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Joan Carles Panyó /Cardboard of Saints Juliana and Semproniana, 1779. Author: JOAN CARLES PANYÓ I FIGARÓ.
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Ceiling fresco in the aisle of St Catherine's Church, allegorical depictions of the victories of Emperor Leopold I over the Ottomans, Mausoleum of the Habsburgs, Graz, Styria, Austria, Europe
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Wallpaper from Bandbox Cover. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 50.8 x 60.8 cm (20 x 23 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 18 1/4" high; 18 1/4" long. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charlotte Angus.
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Hector Taking Leave of His Family 1810 Lucy C. Huntington Embroidered scenes from classical mythology were popular in the early nineteenth century. The scene of Hector, leader of the Trojans, parting from his wife and son was particularly poignant, since this was the last moment the family would ever be together. Here, Hector is shown about to go into battle, where he would be killed by the Greek hero Achilles.. Hector Taking Leave of His Family. American. 1810. Silk embroidered with silk and metallic threads, sequins, watercolor. Made in Norwich, Connecticut, United States
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City of Seville, at the Plaza de Espana, ornaments made of tiles, details of the ornamentation presenting the 48 provinces of Spain, here Palencia, ma...