Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Mercury / With other figures / Muses
Muses / With other figures / Mercury

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Gemini / with planets / Mercury (domicile)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Virgo / With planets / Mercury (domicile)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Individual / Mercury / Standing or walking / Miscellaneous
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Dignities and debilities / Cycles / Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Brussels Tapestries: Time and Planets)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Dignities and debilities / Mercury / Domicile (Virgo and Gemini)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Cycles / Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Brussels Tapestries, only some with children)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Mercury / Musicians and musical instruments (other than organists and organs)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Mercury / Merchants and harbours
Flora and Fauna / Animals / Monkey / Monkeys as humans / Taking part in human activities / Small groups

SOCIAL LIFE

Music / Music-making / Instrumentalists / Outdoors
Music / Musical instruments / Percussion / Tambourine
Music / Musical instruments / String / Bowed / Violoncello
Music / Musical instruments / String / Plucked / Lute
Music / Musical instruments / Wind / Wood / Flute (flauto traverso)
News, communication, travel / Travel / By boat or ship / Harbours

Further details

This series does not include a tapestry for Venus

Artist or creator

Zeunen, Josse van (active Brussels, 1646)

Date

1660 (circa)

Location

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Ernst Ritter von Birk, Inventar der im Besitze des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses befindlichen Niederländer Tapeten und Gobelins (Fortsetzung und Schluß), Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses 2 (1884), p. 167-220, p. 199, no. 92, 5

Rights and Permissions

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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