antique-mythological-tapestry
Lot 294
Antique Mythological Tapestry
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1800 or earlier, woven in multicolor wool threads, depicting the Greek mythological story of Artemis and Actaeon in vignettes surrounded by greenery and distant castles: when Actaeon spies on Artemis bathing, she turns him into a deer and he is then killed by his own hunting dogs, with later fabric border and backing attached, with metal brackets for wall display.

5 ft 8 x 8 ft

From the Estate of the late Robin Satinsky, Donglomur, Villanova, Pennsylvania

Allover fading, with loss, repairs.