Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry

Provenance

Charles M. Ffoulke (died 1909), by 1891; sold to the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1896; given to the Art Institute, 1896.

Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry

Erasmus de Pannemaker, I

c. 1600

Accession Number

135326

Medium

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm Weft; Count: varies from 19 to 60 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk; S-ply of two elements with no appreciable twist; paired elements with no appreciable twist; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm

Dimensions

384.6 × 345.3 cm (151 1/2 × 135 7/8 in.)

Classification

weaving - tapestry

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Antiquarian Society

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