IDENTIFIERS
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id:	77892
accession number:	T.2-1945

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 25 November 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tapestry depicting the Feast of Herod. The top panel depicts a variety of characters and scenes including the Virgin with Child and the Adoration of the Magi.  The lower panel shows Herod and Herodias, both crowned, as the principal figures at a lavish banquet.  The hall has magnificent columns and leaded glass windows.  Below on the floor, Salome is sedately dancing with her partner, the music being provided by a trumpeter.  On the far left Salome, standing under the leafy canopy of a big tree, accepts St. John's head on a platter.  Our Lord is hovering in the cloud above this scene.
title:	T.2-1945%282%29.jpg

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Mrs Beasley

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77892





TECHNIQUES
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weaving

CATEGORIES
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category: woven textiles
category: tapestry

DATING
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creation date:	1685 - 1685
creation date earliest:	1685
creation date latest:	1685
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: ft
value: 6'2.1/4"

dimension: Width
units: ft
value: 5'1.7/8"



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)
CITATIONS
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Feast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800
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