The Death of Polydorus
The Death of Polydorus is one of a set of seven tapestries showing a scene from the Iliad by Homer, here the death of Priam's son Polydorus in book VI, link 290 and book XXIV, line 49. It was produced between 1623 and 1626 and is now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.
It was commissioned from a Chinese manufacturer during the Ming dynasty or Qing dynasty by Francisco Mascarenhas, Portuguese governor of Macao from 1623 to 1626, since the medallions bear a female serpent and there is a lion a shield in each corner, the Mascarenhas family arms.
Sources
- Archives du musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, catalogue no 1970/538
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