The Crusaders Reach Jerusalem (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata) designed ca. 1689–93, woven 1732–39, MET
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The Crusaders Reach Jerusalem (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata) designed ca. 1689–93, woven 1732–39, MET
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Commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, a great-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII, this was part of a massive series, heroic in scale as well as narrative, of fifteen tapestries depicting the romanticized version of the Christians’ First Crusade into Jerusalem recounted in Tasso’s sixteenth-century epic poem, Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered).
As the crusaders reach the city of Jerusalem, two of the Christian leaders kneel in the foreground, both in Classical armor with garments of red, blue and yellow. The younger man is presumably Godfrey of Bouillon. Other mounted men in gray armor are seen behind. Rising in the background on the right are the walls of Jerusalem.
This exquisite tapestry, made of silk and wool, was designed by Domenico Paradisi (Italian, active 1689–1721) and manufactured at the San Michele workshop in Italy. MET, 92.1.15
As the crusaders reach the city of Jerusalem, two of the Christian leaders kneel in the foreground, both in Classical armor with garments of red, blue and yellow. The younger man is presumably Godfrey of Bouillon. Other mounted men in gray armor are seen behind. Rising in the background on the right are the walls of Jerusalem.
This exquisite tapestry, made of silk and wool, was designed by Domenico Paradisi (Italian, active 1689–1721) and manufactured at the San Michele workshop in Italy. MET, 92.1.15
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