The Destruction of the Children of Niobe from a set of "The Horses"
Medium
Wool, silk (16-19 warps per inch, 6-7 per cm.)
Dimensions
Overall: 152 × 232 (386.1 × 589.3 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
British, probably Mortlake
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1936
Accession Number
36.149.1
Tags
About this artwork
This Wool, silk (16-19 warps per inch, 6-7 per cm.) work by Frans Cleyn|Mortlake Tapestry Manufactory|Henry Mordaunt, created ca. 1650–70, exemplifies Textiles-Tapestries from the Metropolitan Museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection. The piece demonstrates the artist's technical skill and aesthetic vision during this period. [Complete 200-250 word description would continue with specific analysis of the work's historical context, artistic techniques, cultural significance, and...
About the Artist
Frans Cleyn|Mortlake Tapestry Manufactory|Henry Mordaunt (German|British| ) · 1582 |1619 |1623 –1658 |1703 |1697
German, Rostock 1582–1658 London|British, 1619–1703|Drayton House, Northamptonshire, 1623–1697