Tapestry — Maximiliaan de Hase — 1771-1775

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. The tapestry (and the others in the set) were woven without borders.