Sujet
Curtain Panel with Scenes of Merrymaking, 500s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Curtain Panel with Scenes of Merrymaking, 500s. This large panel conveys merrymaking, wealth, and power through its symbolic imagery and deep purple colour. It was originally part of a luxurious wide curtain with similar panels alternating with plain linen. Although woven in Christian Egypt, pagan subjects dominate. A nude male stands beside a dancing female in transparent clothing in each of the three squares, alternating with centaurs (half-man, half-horse) in roundels. In the central square, Dionysus holds a grapevine and a weary Herakles leans on his club below. The lively animal imagery conveys wealth because few could afford such animals: lions, bulls, hares, a bear, boar, donkey, dog, and a stag.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F77_156
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
44,8Mo (3,9Mo) / 21,7cm x 51,6cm / 2566 x 6096 (300dpi)