The Liberation of Oriane from a set of Amadis of Gaul, ca. 1590–95, Dutch, Delft, Wool and silk (8-9 warp per cm), Overall (confirmed): H. 139 x W. 159 1/4 in. (353.1 x 404.5 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, This tapestry depicts scenes from Amadis of Gaul, a chivalric romance that enjoyed great popularity in European court circles in the late sixteenth century. Amadis, a knight from Gaul, has fallen in love with Oriane, daughter of the King of England, but she and the 'Damsel of Denmark' have been kidnapped by the king's enemy, Arcalaus
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