Tapestry: The Defeat of Astyages (from the series, The Life of Cyrus)
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 viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 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)
3rd-4th century AD
Francesco Albani
First half of the 18th century A.D. 1700–50
First quarter of the 16th century
Albrecht Dürer
First quarter of the 16th century
Second half of the 16th century
Second half of the 16th century or first quarter of the 17th century
1675–1725
Pierre Dumon
about 1654–56
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
late 17th century