1928.150: Hercules and one of Diomedes' Stallions
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1928.150
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Hercules and one of Diomedes' Stallions
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Hercules and one of Diomedes' Stallions from Labors of Hercules series
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- tapestry
- Date
- 1545-1565
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Belgium, Oudenaarde
- Culture
- Flemish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215178
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Textile fibers
- Dimensions
- 350.5 x 393.7 cm (138 x 155 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Augustus Hemenway, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Augustus Hemenway
- Accession Year
- 1928
- Object Number
- 1928.150
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This tapestry is the third panel in a famous set of five tapestries dedicated to the Deeds of Hercules. It shows Hercules battling Diomedes' Stallions against a background of large green foliage (called "cabbage-leaf/feuilles de choux") interspersed with small animals and vines. This ornamental background becomes fully integrated with the figurative scene, creating a powerful decorative effect. The tapestry was cut down substantially at the top, leaving only a small part of scrollwork visible. The sides and bottom show a larger portion of scroll work and vegetal ornament. Comparison with another version of the same tapestry in the Louvre shows that the original border contained subsidiary scenes with a depiction of Music on the top and David Presented to King Saul (I Samuel 16:21) on the bottom.
Publication History
- Jean-Paul Asselberghs, Les tapisseries flamandes aux états-unis d'amérique, Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (Brussels, 1974), p. 16
- Ingrid de Meuter and Martine Vanwelden, Oudenaardse Wandtapijten van de 16de tot de 18de eeuw. (Tielt, 1999), p. 37, no. 37
Verification Level
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