Life of Pyrrhus
Unknown [name retired]
Category
Tapestries
Date
1675 - 1699
Materials
Wool
Measurements
4 mm (Depth); 2745 mm (H); 2722 mm (W)
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140014.1
Summary
One of a set of four tapestry panels depicting incidents in the life of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus in the third century BC, within borders of formal scrolling flowers on a dark blue background. Image shows Pyrrhus arriving in Egypt. After paintings by Nicolas Poussin, 1594-1665, in the Louvre.
Makers and roles
Unknown [name retired], artist