The Triumph of Fame over Death, ca. 1500–1530, South Netherlandish, Wool warp; wool and silk wefts, Overall: 144 x 128 in. (365.8 x 325.1 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, A team of white elephants pulls a chariot in which the winged figure of Fame rides. Dressed in brocade and ostrich feathers, she sounds a trumpet, heralding the appearance of four famous men: two philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, and two rulers, Alexander the Great, on the far side, and Charlemagne
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Triumph, Fame, Death, ca, 1500–1530, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk wefts, Overall, 144 x 128, 365.8 325.1 cm, Textiles-Tapestries, team, white elephants, pulls, chariot, winged figure, Fame rides, Dressed, brocade, ostrich feathers, sounds, trumpet, heralding, appearance, four famous, men, two philosophers, Plato, Aristotle, rulers, Alexander, Great, far side, Charlemagne
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