Sujet
Curtain Fragment with Panthers, 500s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Curtain Fragment with Panthers, 500s. Luxurious tapestry-woven curtains decorated with colourful figures and flora were hung in religious, palatial, and theatrical settings. Often, as here, red forms the background of the main field framed by a blue border. Lively cheetahs or panthers wearing collars appear among alternating stylized rosettes and floral roundels, which frame birds on the red ground. In the border, pairs of masks and birds alternate. Cheetahs were favored for hunting, suggested here by the collars and, in one case, a harness. Panthers, on the other hand, were associated with Dionysus, Greek god of wine, who was admired by Egyptians of all religions through the 6th century AD.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F77_155
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
65,5Mo (7,7Mo) / 34,7cm x 47,3cm / 4096 x 5589 (300dpi)