The Falcon's Bath
Unknown Artist
ca. 1400–1415
Medium
Wool warp, wool wefts
Dimensions
Overall: 120 x 116 3/4in. (304.8 x 296.6cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
South Netherlandish
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Frank Jay Gould, 1946
Accession Number
46.58.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Medieval Art galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where *The Falcon's Bath*ivates with its grand scale and vivid imagery. Woven around 1400–1415 by an unknown South Netherlandish, this monumental tapestry measures over 10 feet square (120 x 116 3/4 inches), showcasing figures of men and women amid trees and falcons in what appears to be a serene outdoor scene. The title evokes a falcon at rest or bathing, a motif tied to the aristocratic sport of falconry, symbolizing nobility and leisure in late medieval Europe. South Netherlandish tapestries like this were pinnacle ach...