File:Egypt, Byzantine period, late 4th - 5th century - Nereid (Sea-Nymph) from a Hanging - 1953.18 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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Nereid (Sea-Nymph) from a Hanging
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Nereid (Sea-Nymph) from a Hanging |
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| Object type | textile | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This tapestry is renowned for the large sea-nymph, or nereid, woven with bright colors. The mythological nereid, composed of a naked female torso descending into a fish, holds a colored glass bowl. Only costly jewelry with large emeralds, sapphires, and pearls, a loosely draped shawl, and a brilliant halo adorn her. A vine of leaves and grapes inhabited by birds forms the border. The refined quality is not diminished by the permanent brown blemishes, identified as dormant mold spores, which were present when the tapestry was acquired in 1953. |
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| Date | late 300s - 400s | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Slit-and dovetailed-tapestry weave probably woven in a linen plain-weave ground; dyed wool, undyed linen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 66.7 x 64.5 cm (26 1/4 x 25 3/8 in.); Mounted: 76.8 x 75.6 x 2.9 cm (30 1/4 x 29 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1953.18 |
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| Place of creation | Egypt, Byzantine period, late 4th - 5th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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