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Meleager and Atalanta Setting Out to Hunt the Calydonian Boar   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Flemish Unknown
Title
Meleager and Atalanta Setting Out to Hunt the Calydonian Boar
Description
English: This tapestry (originally even larger) was woven on a single loom for the great hall of a nobleman's estate. It provided insulation against winter cold and decoration for an otherwise austere environment.

Here the young Greek prince Meleager prepares to hunt the Calydonian Boar, a story told by the Roman poet, Ovid. Meleager gathers heroes of ancient Greece - including Jason, Theseus, Nestor, and Peleus - to chase the savage wild boar sent by the goddess Diana to ravage the lands of his father the king of Calydon. In front of the left column is the brave and beautiful Atalanta, later beloved of Meleager. She will kill the boar with a lance (held by an attendant).

Hunting wild boar was a privilege reserved to the nobility and was validated and glorified in the eyes of contemporaries by representations of heroic hunts from the mythic past such as this one.
Date circa 1475
date QS:P571,+1475-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Late Medieval)
Medium wool
medium QS:P186,Q11547758
Dimensions H: 192 15/16 x W:164 3/16 in. (490 x 417 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
82.9
Place of creation Flanders
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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