Vanity Sounds the Horn and Ignorance Unleashes the Hounds Overconfidence, Rashness, and Desire (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag)
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- Object
- Vanity Sounds the Horn and Ignorance Unleashes the Hounds Overconfidence, Rashness, and Desire (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag)
- Accession number
- 50.145.4
- Date
- ca. 1500–1525
- Makers
- —
- Medium
- Wool warp, wool and silk wefts, one place embroidered in wool yarn
- Dimensions
- Overall: 118 x 150in. (299.7 x 381cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool
- cotton