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

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

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After a design probably by Peter Ykens (1648–1695) and Pieter Spierinckx (1635–1711) Woven at the Wauters workshop Flanders, Antwerpc. 1685

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

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

weaving - tapestrytextile

Date

c. 1685

Medium

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm

Dimensions

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

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Marshall Field and Company

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