# The Bayeux Tapestry \(Battle of Hastings, detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN WEAVER, English](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-english-r5317c68ea503bc>)
- Date: 1051-1100
- Technique: Wool embroidered on a linen background

## Commentary

The Bayeux Tapestry \(Battle of Hastings, detail\) c. 1080 Wool embroidered on a linen background Musée de la Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde, Bayeux Exceptionally, medieval artists would sometimes convey the full horror of war. Among the most vivid examples is one of the earliest: the Bayeux Tapestry, made in the years after the Norman conquest of England. Here the Battle of Hastings is depicted in harrowing detail - dismembered corpses, crushed bodies and injured horses.

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- [The Bayeux Tapestry: Bishop Odo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-english-r5317c68ea503bc/the-bayeux-tapestry-bishop-odo-r74021b46886a16>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)