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Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry

Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst Netherlandish
Anonymous Flemish weavers

designed ca. 1532 - 1534, woven before 1568, probably around 1545

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Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry, Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads, Netherlandish, Brussels

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Title: Seven Deadly Sins: Lust tapestry

Designer: Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels)

Maker: Anonymous Flemish weavers

Date: designed ca. 1532 - 1534, woven before 1568, probably around 1545

Culture: Netherlandish, Brussels

Medium: Wool, silk, and gold and silver-metal-wrapped threads

Dimensions: Overall: 180 × 324 in. (457.2 × 823 cm)

Classification: Textiles-Tapestries

Credit Line: Patrimonio Nacional. ©Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Bruce White.

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