46.128_01
Title
Triumphs of Petrarch: The Triumph of Death
Materials
wool (warps), wool (wefts), silk (wefts), 6 warp threads per cm, 2 ply S Z
Place
Southern Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands, Brabant, Brussels (place of manufacture)
Description
Wool and silk tapestry depicting the Triumphs of Petrarch: The Triumph of Death. It shows the three Fates standing over the lifeless figure of a girl identified as Castitas (Chastity). The Fates are equipped with the spinning tools traditionally linked with the control of the thread of life: Clotho holds a distaff, from which Lachesis draws taunt a single thread, attached to a spindle which dangles from Atropos’s hand. Part of the Burrell Collection.
Measurements
overall: 3200 mm x 3180 mm
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