La distruzione dei figli di Niobe a partire da un set di cavalli. Cultura: British, probabilmente Mortlake. Progettista: Frans Cleyn (tedesco, Rostock 1582-1658 Londra). Dimensioni: complessivo: 152 × 232 (386.1 × 589,3 cm). Maker: probabilmente effettuate a Mortlake Manifattura di Arazzi (British, 1619-1703). Data: ca. 1650-70. Questo arazzo raffigurante la divinità di Apollo e Diana uccidere i figli di Niobe come punizione per l'affronto che Niobe aveva causato la loro madre Latona. Il set da cui questo pannello derivato era noto come 'i cavalli' perché il soggetto mitologico erano un velato pretesto per raffigurare

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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe from a set of The Horses. Culture: British, probably Mortlake. Designer: Frans Cleyn (German, Rostock 1582-1658 London). Dimensions: Overall: 152 × 232 (386.1 × 589.3 cm). Maker: Probably made at Mortlake Tapestry Manufactory (British, 1619-1703). Date: ca. 1650-70. This tapestry depicts the gods Apollo and Diana killing the children of Niobe as a punishment for the affront that Niobe had caused their mother, Latona. The set from which this panel derived was known as "The Horses" because the mythological subjects were a thinly veiled pretext to depict a sequence of splendid horses in dynamic action. The designs were created by Francis Cleyn, a native of Rostock who worked at the Danish court before traveling to England in the early 1620s. He was appointed official designer to the Mortlake tapestry works in 1625, and during the following decade provided a sequence of new design series, including "The Horses." Two high-quality weavings of this subject were provided to Charles I before 1637, of which only one fragment survives (Victoria and Albert Museum, London). Following the Civil War, the Mortlake works continued to weave from Cleyn's designs, but these later weavings lacked the quality of materials and skilled craftsmanship that characterized earlier production. This set was woven sometime in the 1650s or 1660s for Henry Mordaunt, second earl of Peterborough, whose arms appear in the upper border, along with those of his wife, Penelope O'Brien. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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