Lot Essay
An Antwerp tapestry signed Jakob van der Goten, with identical scene but in reverse, is illustrated H. Göbel, Tapestries of the Lowlands, New York, 1924, pl. 165
This tapestry, which anticipates the death of Orpheus at the hands of the Maenads of Ciconia in Thrace, is illustrated in situ in the Marble Hall at Powderham Castle, Devon, in a History and Description of Contents by Lady Paulina Pepys, M.A
This tapestry, which anticipates the death of Orpheus at the hands of the Maenads of Ciconia in Thrace, is illustrated in situ in the Marble Hall at Powderham Castle, Devon, in a History and Description of Contents by Lady Paulina Pepys, M.A