Infant Cyrus given to shepherd Mithridates and nursed by his wife, Cyno. unknown c. 1590 Tapestry Dimensions: H 330 x W 249 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A.269-8031. Shepherd Mithridates holds staff & stands above his seated wife, Cyno, who holds infant Cyrus; woman seated near farmhouse (BRD) vignettes with seated female personifications of Virtues, enclosed

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Infant Cyrus given to shepherd Mithridates and nursed by his wife, Cyno. unknown c. 1590 Tapestry Dimensions: H 330 x W 249 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A.269-8031. Shepherd Mithridates holds staff & stands above his seated wife, Cyno, who holds infant Cyrus; woman seated near farmhouse (BRD) vignettes with seated female personifications of Virtues, enclosed by 2 columns & framed by flowers & fruit; interspersed with bunches of flowers & fruit, grotesques Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 290-296, series 40, no.1; 279-289, series 39, nos.1-10 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241897-0241898, 0241900-0241901, 0123376-0123377; another similar set (different borders): Madrid, Patrimonio Nacional, series 39, "Historia de Ciro el grande" (10 panels; see Junquera de Vega, 279-289)