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Tapestry: The Defeat of Astyages (from the series, The Life of Cyrus)
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Tapestry: The Defeat of Astyages (from the series, The Life of Cyrus)

Maximilien de Haese
Jac. van der Borght (Flemish)
about 1771–75
Object PlaceBrussels, Flanders
Medium/TechniqueTapestry weave (wool warp; wool and silk wefts)
Dimensions408 x 607 cm (160 5/8 x 239 in.)
Credit LineCharles Potter Kling Fund
Accession number1976.603
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsThere are two marks, one of them is the Brussel's weavers mark , the other one is: IAC : VD: BORGHTProvenanceAbout 1771/1775, made for Maria-Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary; passed by descent within the royal family; 1914, sold by the Austrian royal family to G. H. L. Fitzwilliam. Until 1976, hung at Madingley Hall, near Cambridge, England. April 8, 1976, sale, Christie's, London, to Vigo-Sternberg Gallery for the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1976)