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The Wayfarer Crowned by Happiness from The Table of Cebes

Designer Design based on a woodcut by David Kandel German
1550–80
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 544
Panels representing scenes from The Table of Cebes, a classical text popular during the Renaissance, on the soul’s journey through life, were worked in the somber colors of northern European taste toward the end of the sixteenth century. Like another example in the collection (42.193.2), this one is based on a woodcut by David Kandel of Strasbourg.

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Object Information
  • Title: The Wayfarer Crowned by Happiness from The Table of Cebes
  • Designer: Design based on a woodcut by David Kandel (German, ca. 1520–ca. 1596)
  • Date: 1550–80
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Wool and silk on canvas (cross-stitch, 48-56 per sq. in., 9 per sq. cm.; tent stitch, 156-190 per sq. in., 30-36 per sq. cm.)
  • Dimensions: L. 96 x W. 118 inches (243.8 x 299.7 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Anne Archbold, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.298
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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The Garden of False Learning from The Table of Cebes, David Kandel German, Wool and silk on canvas (cross stitch, 48-56 per sq. in., 9 per sq. cm; tent stitch, 156-190 per sq. in., 30-36 per sq. cm.), French
The Garden of False Learning from The Table of Cebes
David Kandel
1550–80
Tabula Cebetis, David Kandel German, Woodcut; second state of two
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The Triumph of Fame
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ca. 1502–4
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