1951.34.A-B: Landscape with a Temple (tapestry in two halves)
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.34.A-B
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Landscape with a Temple (tapestry in two halves)
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- tapestry
- Date
- early 17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe
- Culture
- Flemish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/327666
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Textile fibers
- Dimensions
- each section: 309.9 x 124.5 cm (122 x 49 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Ross Whistler, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ross Whistler
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.34.A-B
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This tapestry is two fragments of a verdure tapestry depicting a landscape with a temple in the distance. The border shows flower garlands held aloft by putti. It is an example of Oudenaarde tapestry production from the early seventeenth century.
Verification Level
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