AN ENGLISH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
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AN ENGLISH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY

MORTLAKE, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, AFTER DESIGNS BY FRANCIS CLEYN

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AN ENGLISH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
MORTLAKE, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, AFTER DESIGNS BY FRANCIS CLEYN
Woven in silks and wools, depicting 'Leander Leaving his Parents' from 'The Story of Hero and Leander', with a classical city to the background, within a floral border, with the Cross of St. George to the lower right corner
102 in. (259 cm.) square
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Leander, a youth from Abydos, a town on the Asian shore of the Hellespont, used to swim across the waters at night to Sestos on the opposite side to meet his lover Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite. To guide him in darkness, she held up a torch. On a stormy night he drowned and she, in despair, threw herself in the sea.

Francis Cleyn (1582 - 1658) supplied the designs of the series to the Mortlake manufactory as his first works in the late 1630s and early 1640s. The designs are strongly influenced by the Italian school, where the German-born artist had trained prior to working at the Danish court. He was called to London by Charles I in 1624 and remained until his death. The designs for Hero and Leander continued to be used throughout the 17th century by Mortlake and were afterwards reproduced by the private workshops in Soho and Lambeth.


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