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Cephalus and Procris
Also titled Cephalus en Procris
c. 1593 - c. 1610
- Medium
- wool, silk
- Classification
- tapestry
- Dimensions
- height 354 cm x height 351 cm x width 546 cm x width 542 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of Van Leer's Vatenfabriek N.V., Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
To test the faithfulness of his wife Procris, Cephalus disguised himself and tried to seduce her. Just when she was about to give in, he revealed himself. In her distress, Procris fled to the goddess Diana, but was eventually reconciled with her husband. In the foreground, Diana and Procris bid each other farewell.
