Art Institute of Chicago
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)
- 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
- Culture
- Antwerp
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300014063
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