IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 77892 accession number: T.2-1945 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 25 November 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs Beasley STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77892 TECHNIQUES ---------- weaving CATEGORIES ------ category: woven textiles category: tapestry DATING ------ creation date: 1685 - 1685 creation date earliest: 1685 creation date latest: 1685 culture: 17th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: ft value: 6'2.1/4" dimension: Width units: ft value: 5'1.7/8" EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800) CITATIONS -------- Feast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/T_2_1945_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 628 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_T_2_1945_281_29.jpg height: 589 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/T_2_1945_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 628 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_T_2_1945_281_29.jpg height: 295 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/T_2_1945_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 624 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_T_2_1945_282_29.jpg height: 593 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/T_2_1945_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 624 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_T_2_1945_282_29.jpg height: 296 pixels width: 250 pixels