The Wayfarer Crowned by Happiness from The Table of Cebes

David Kandel

1550–80 · 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.) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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.

Artist

David Kandel

Date

1550–80

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.)

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Anne Archbold, 1969