Meleager and Atalanta Setting Out to Hunt the Calydonian Boar

ca. 1475 (Renaissance)

417 cm 490 cm

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This tapestry (originally even larger) was woven on a single loom for the great hall of a nobleman's estate. It provided insulation against winter cold and decoration for an otherwise austere environment.Here the young Greek prince Meleager prepares to hunt the Calydonian Boa...

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610
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Raoul Heilbronner, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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10
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