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A magnificent early 17th century Flemish tapestry. 8"-9" wide by 8'-0" high. Obtained as part of the Vigo-Sternberg Collection of European tapestries sold at Southeby's auction in London on 29 Feb 1996.
Orpheus and the Maenades scene, the foreground with Orpheus playing his lyre to the animals threatened by the Maenedes, in the background a hunting scene with a stag at bay surrounded by mounted huntsmen and others on foot; in later flowerhead and ribbon border, 96" high by 104" wide. Source: The Vigo-Sternberg Collection of European Tapestries Southeby's auction in London on 29 Feb 1996.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, Quenby Hall, 24th October, 1972, lot. 29
Literature:
Vigo-Sternberg Galleries - Verdure Tapestry, no.17 (illustrated)
The Maenades, a name given to the Bacchantes, were so called because of their frenzied worship of Bacchus. Orpheus's grief at the loss of Eurydice led him to spurn their attentions; in revenge they tore him to pieces in the excitement of a bacchanalian org. After his death the Muses collected the scattered pieces of his body and interred them on Mount Olympus where the nightingale sang sweetly over his grave.
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