Aladin Hears of the Crusaders' Approach (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata)

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Aladin Hears of the Crusaders' Approach (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata)

San Michele|Domenico Paradisi|Pietro Ferloni

Date
designed ca. 1689–93, woven 1732–39
Medium
Wool, silk (16-18 warps per inch, 7 per cm.)
Dimensions
12 ft. 2 in. × 11 ft. 6 in. (370.8 × 350.5 cm)
Object type
Tapestry
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
Italian, Rome
Object number
92.1.14
Credit line
Bequest of Elizabeth U. Coles, in memory of her son, William F. Coles, 1892

Artist information

|Italian, active 1689–1721|Italian, active 1717–70

Subjects and terms

  • Soldiers
  • Men
  • Palaces
  • Kings

The Met object ID 212625. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.