Panel with grotesques, from a set of bed hangings
Object type: Tapestry
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Netherlandish, Brussels
Artist: Cornelis Floris II
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Antwerp before 1514–1575 Antwerp
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: ca. 1550–60
Medium: Silk, wool, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
Dimensions: 65 1/2 in. × 80 in. (166.4 × 203.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession year: 1941
Tags: Birds|Grotesques|Fruit|Men|Women