The Moon and Her Children from a Set of the Planets
mid-16th century
Medium
Wool (13-14 warps per inch, 5-6 per cm.)
Dimensions
H. 138 x W. 204 inches (350.5 x 518.2 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
Netherlandish or French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lillian Stokes Gillespie Collection, Bequest of Lillian Stokes Gillespie, 1915
Accession Number
15.121.7
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About the Artist
Barthel Beham · 1502–1540
Barthel Beham (1502–1540), a pivotal figure in the German Renaissance, was born in Nuremberg into a family of artists. The younger brother of the renowned engraver Hans Sebald Beham, he honed his craft under the tutelage of his elder sibling and the master Albrecht Dürer, absorbing the precise techniques of engraving and painting that defined Nuremberg's vibrant artistic scene. Emerging as a prodi...