Bernaert van Orley

  • The Killing of the Wild Boar

  • The Killing of the Wild Boar

  • (designed ca. 1528-31) tapestry of wool, silk, and silver and gilt-metal-wrapped thread
  • 14 ft. 5 1/4 in. x 19 ft. 10 1/4 in. (440 x 605 cm.)
  • Musé du Louvre
  • 625 x 467 (67 KB)

Editor’s Note:

The work shown here is one of a set of 12 tapestries depicting 'The Hunts of Maximilian' in a zodiacal calendar format. The central figure on horseback, Maximilian I - Habsbourg king of Germany (1486-1519) - is the character killing the wild boar in this Capricorn tapestry for December.

Here is a close up of the wild boar above:
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