#8A Chrysler Treasures: Hannibal Tapestry (redux) Traditional Cache
Episcodad: Muggled twice in this location now, and twice in another location. Hannibel's Tapestry seems to be star-crossed. Won't be replacing this, at least for the foreseeable future.
#8A Chrysler Treasures: Hannibal Tapestry (redux)
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Eighth in a series of caches highlighting the art of Norfolk's Chrysler Museum, One Memorial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510. The Chrysler Museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday from Noon to 5 pm. Admission is Free. Website: www.chrysler.org. This tapestry may be seen in Gallery 203 at the museum.
This is a large wool and silk tapestry made in Belgium (ca. 1550). The large dominating central figure is Hannibal dressed in ornate red armor and wearing a long blue cloak. In the foreground are two women and a man presenting him with treasure (gold coins and jewelry). The right background scene seems to be a plundering of the dead. The top has inscribed in Latin, "He leaved those who have been laid low in hard combat to compute with trembling fingers a treasure of gold." In the lower left corner, the mark of two letter Bs with a red escutcheon between them, stands for Brussels Brabant—then the leading center of European tapestry production. The Tapestry is attributed to François Geubels Flemish, active 1546–1579.
The classical past became fertile ground for Renaissance artists, as this grand tapestry reveals. It celebrates one of the most daring military exploits in ancient history—Hannibal’s near-defeat of Rome during the Second Punic War (218–203 B.C.E.). At center, the general receives the spoils of war after winning a battle. The sheer quality and scale of the tapestry suggest it took a large team of expert weavers to carry out Geubels’ design.
This is my second "Hannibal Tapestry Cache". The first got muggled twice (only one of the series to be muggled so far) and I concluded it wasn't worth putting out a third cache in that spot. Hence, relocation.
Other caches in this series include:
Chrysler Treasures #1 - The Norfolk Mace (GC7C965) Located in Gallery 209
Chrysler Treasures #2 - Man (GC7EAZX) Located in Gallery 221
Chrysler Treasures # 3 - Angel Appearing to Shepherds (GC7EC96) Located in Gallery 211
Chrysler Treasures # 4 - The Neophyte (GC7ECR7) Located in Gallery 214
Chrysler Treasures # 5 - The Wounded Indian (GC7EMPZ) Located in Gallery 212
Chrysler Treasures # 6 - Picasso (GC3B4KQ) Located in Gallery 219
Chrysler Treasures # 7 - The Card Players (GC7EPCE) Located in Gallery 205
Chrysler Treasures # 8A - Hannibal Tapestry (GC7JK19) Located in Gallery 203
Chrysler Treasures # 9 - Veronese (GC7EYA3) Located in Gallery 204
Chrysler Treasures #10 - The Last Judgement (GC7EYE5) Located in Gallery 202
Chrysler Treasures #11 - The Vegetable Vendor (GC7EZM5) Located in Gallery 207
Chrysler Treasures #12 - James Baldwin (GC7F3HN) Located in Gallery 222
Chrysler Treasures #13 - Ganymede and the Eagle (GC7F4BK) Located in Gallery 208
Chrysler Treasures #14 - Renoir (GC7F3PJ) Located in Gallery 217
Chrysler Treasures #15 - Samurai Armor (GC7F6M8) Located in Gallery 106
Chrysler Treasures #16 - Tiffany Glass (GC7F5WY) Located in Gallery 116
Chrysler Treasures #17 - Honorius (GC7FR71) off display
Chrysler Treasures #18 - Naga Buddha (GC7FRM3) Located in Gallery 107
Chrysler Treasures # 19 - Sarcophagus (Egypt) (GC7K3ZY) Located in Gallery 109
Chrysler Treasures # 20 - Georgia O'Keefe (GC7QFF1) Located in Gallery 223
Chrysler Treasures # 21 - Libenksy and Brychtova (GC7QFM0) Located in Gallery 223
Chrysler Treasures # 22 - Abstract Expressionism (GC7QG86) Located in Gallery 223
Chrysler Treasures # 23 - Hamlet Robot (GC7QG8E) Located in Gallery 223
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