Tapestry: The Seven Deadly Sins
Artist: Flemish
Location: Hampton Court Palace
Date: 1500 - 1525
Materials: textile
Dimensions: 406 x 419 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £500 (Total: £6,500)
Review number: 263 (1919)
Provenance:
Hampton Court, Cardinal Wolsey, 1521
Description:
This tapestry originally formed one of a set symbolically representing the story of the Seven Deadly Sins with Biblical scenes and allegorical groups illustrating the subject. The frieze has the Royal arms of King Henry VIII.
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