Queen Semiramis with Attendants
Datec. 1480
GeographyTournai, Flanders
MediumWool, silk
Tapestry weave
Dimensions99 x 101 in. (251.5 x 256.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishing
Credit LineGift of the Charles M. and Anna C. Cooke Trust, 1946 (325.1)
Object number325.1
Description“Millefleurs” tapestry depicting Semiramis, Queen of Assyria and Babylon, combing her hair in front of a mirror held by an attendant. Semiramis stands at center combing her blond hair. Attendant holds mirror to the left of Queen. Second attendant to the right of Queen kneels with long spear on one shoulder, right arm extended toward Queen and holding a letter. Background covered with variety of flowers. Inscription at center top reads “I was Semiramis, Queen of Babylon. I conquered barbarians, Indians, and Syrians. I went into the north and set my throne there and slew the king of the Ethiopians.”On View
Not on view
early 20th Century
early 1980s
Late 19th- early 20th C.
19th C.
Made before 1918
c. 1930s-1940s
early 19th c.
Late 19th- early 20th C.
early 20th century
Late 15th century