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King Arthur, from the Nine Heroes Tapestries (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.130.3a)

Wool tapestry, South Netherlandish, ca. 1400 to 1410, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, 32.130.3a

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A wool tapestry titled "King Arthur," South Netherlandish, ca. 1400 to 1410, one of the Nine Heroes Tapestries, a set among the oldest tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum's collection, portraying Arthur as one of the medieval Nine Worthies. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, accession 32.130.3a and 47.101.4, Munsey Fund, 1932, and Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1947.

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Wool tapestry. 1
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King Arthur, Figures

The Met's own title for this tapestry names the subject outright, "King Arthur," identifying this panel of the Nine Heroes Tapestries as Arthur's own portrait among the Nine Worthies, a direct identification rather than a bare tag.

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