Nabal, Abigail, and David

ca. 1470 (Renaissance)

503 cm 441 cm

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Tapestries like this one provided both insulation against winter's cold and decoration for an otherwise austere great hall of a nobleman's estate. These scenes from the Old Testament story of David, Nabal, and Abigail (1 Samuel) comment on the importance of homage to the powe...

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Raoul Heilbronner, ParisWalters Collection
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wool

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