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Gobrias, an elderly Assyrian prince, asked for King Cyrus' help to avenge the death of his son, and offered his daughter's hand as part of his pledge. The main source of stories of Cyrus' life was the <i>Cyropaedi</i>,  a biography of him  written in the 4th century BC by Xenophon of  Athens. The <i>Cyropaedia</i> was rediscovered in  Western Europe during the late medieval period as  a treatise on political virtue and social organization, and continued to be widely read and respected through to the 18th century.\r\n\r\n","physicalDescription":"Tapestry woven in wool and silk with the subject of the presentation of Gobrias' daughter to Cyrus. The young Cyrus in a blue robe, red cloak, turban and crown, is enthroned on a dais at the right in front of draperies suspended from a tree. Before him stands Gobrias and his daughter and attendants. A slave piles gold and silver vessels before the dais. Groups of soldiers and elderly men look on. There in an encampment in the middle distance on the left. With the Arms of Empress Maria-Theresa of Austria at the top.\n\nThe tapestry (and the others in the set) were woven without borders.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Maximiliaan de Hase","id":"AUTH319078"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Workshop of the van der Borcht family","id":"AUTH319097"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"},{"text":"wool (textile)","id":"AAT243430"}],"techniques":[{"text":"tapestry","id":"AAT61981"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Tapestry woven in wool and silk","categories":[{"text":"Tapestry","id":"THES48887"},{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Wall coverings","id":"THES48878"},{"text":"Black History","id":"THES48989"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2015HW9848","2015HW9849","2015HW9850","2015HW9851","2006BD3726","2012FT6158","2012FT6159","2012FT6160","2017KK4805","2017KK4806","2017KK4807","2017KK4808","2017KK4809","2017KK4810","2017KK4811","2017KK4812"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"3","id":"THES263060"},"free":"","case":"WE","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Tapestry","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Brussels","id":"x31976"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1771-1775","earliest":"1771-01-01","latest":"1775-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"416","unit":"cm","qualifier":"maximum","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"467.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"maximum","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"measured June 2011 for Europe 1600-1800 Galleries project (flat on floor).","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"F.V.D.BORGHT [and Brussels mark]","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Arms of Maria Theresa of Austria","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"The arms have been applied to the tapestry, subsequent to its weaving."}],"objectHistory":"RF 1956/100. Purchased, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1969. Four pieces of a set of five were sold in this auction, lots 21-24. Three of these were from the estate of the late Dr. G.H.L.Fitzwilliams, and were acquired by the Clothworkers' Company. The fourth belonged to his nephew John Fitzwilliams; this is the piece which the V&amp;A acquired, having been on loan to the Museum between 1959 and 1969. The fifth tapetry from the set belonged to another member of the Fitzwilliams family. It was given to Madingley Hall, Cambridge, and was subsequently sold at Christies, in 1976, from where it was bought by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acq. no. 1976.603. \n\n\nThe tapestries were said by Dr Fitzwilliams to have passed by descent through the private collection of the Austrian Royal family, and to have been purchased by him from Emperor Karl of Austria, son of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, when he went into exile after his abdication in 1918. Dr Fitzwilliams had been a medical adviser to the Austrian court.\n\r\n\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Tapestry 'Cyrus with the daughter of Gobrias' woven in wool and silk, designed by Maximiliaan de Hase, Brussels, 1771-1775","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"C.Lemoine-Isabeau : Les Tapisseries de Cyrus par Maximilien de Hase, 1771-75', <i>Revue Belge d'Archeologie et d'Histoire de L'Art</i> 47 (1978) p.212"}],"production":"The tapestries were ordered in 1771, and delivered in 1775.","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"The tapestry was described as 'The Emancipation of the Jews' until it was redescribed by Wendy Hefford in 1970 as “Gobrias presenting his daughter to Cyrus.","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Tapestry showing Cyrus with Gobrias’ Daughter\r\n1771–75\n\nChanging taste in interiors reduced the market for large wall hangings. Brussels tapestry workshops went into decline. By the 1760s, the van der Borcht family were one of only two manufacturers of high-quality tapestry that remained in the city. The Austrian court provided crucial patronage. This tapestry is from a set made for Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. It tells the story of the Persian King Cyrus, representing the idea of virtue in leadership.\r\n\r\nSouthern Netherlands, now Belgium (Brussels)\r\nMade at the workshop of the van der Borcht family after a design by Maximiliaan de Hase\r\nWool and silk, tapestry woven\r\n","date":{"text":"09/12/2015","earliest":"2015-12-09","latest":"2015-12-09"}}],"partNumbers":["T.168-1969"],"accessionNumberNum":"168","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1969,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2025PC0385","2019LM9670","2019LN7206","2019LV3717","2019LW4837"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-20","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":false}}