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Vanity Sounds the Horn and Ignorance Unleashes the Hounds Overconfidence, Rashness, and Desire (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag)

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Vanity Sounds the Horn and Ignorance Unleashes the Hounds Overconfidence, Rashness, and Desire (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag)

Date: ca. 1500–1525
Type: Tapestry
Medium: Wool warp, wool and silk wefts, one place embroidered in wool yarn
Department: Medieval Art
Culture: South Netherlandish
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 50.145.4
Credit: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950

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techniqueEmbroidery mediumSilk mediumWool typeTapestry cultureSouth netherlandish era16th century subjectWomen subjectHunting subjectHorns subjectDeer subjectDogs subjectAllegory

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