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English: One of the six tapestries on display in the Primate's Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia. Designed by Francis Cleyn (c. 1582–1658) and woven in the 1630s at the Mortlake Tapestry Works managed by a Dutchman, Phillip de Maecht, at Mortlake, London, the tapestries relate the Greek myth of Hero and Leander. They were discovered folded behind wallpaper in the vestibule of the Palace's Hall of Mirrors.
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Own work; tapestries designed by Francis Cleyn (c. 1582 – 1658)

Francis Cleyn  (1582–1658)  wikidata:Q1906847
 
Francis Cleyn
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Francesco Cleyn, Francis Clein, Franz (Frantz) Klein
Description English painter and tapestry designer
Date of birth/death circa 1582
date QS:P,+1582-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 1658 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rostock London
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Mortlake Tapestry Works, Mortlake, London, England
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Camera location48° 08′ 38.69″ N, 17° 06′ 34.63″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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