Sophronia's Defiance (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata)
Object type: Tapestry
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Italian, Rome
Artist: San Michele|Domenico Paradisi|Pietro Ferloni
Artist bio:  |Italian, active 1689–1721|Italian, active 1717–70
Artist role: Manufactory|Designer|Workshop director
Artist nationality:  |Italian|Italian
Date: designed ca. 1689–93, woven 1739
Medium: Wool, silk (16-18 warps per inch, 7 per cm.)
Dimensions: 12 ft. 4 in. × 10 ft. 6 in. (375.9 × 320 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Bequest of Elizabeth U. Coles, in memory of her son, William F. Coles, 1892
Accession year: 1892
Tags: Men|Women|Palaces|Grotesques|Kings