# The Liberation of Oriane [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SPIERING, François]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Gold thread, wool and silk on a woolen warp, 348 x 396 cm ## Commentary This tapestry is from a series on the theme of Amadis de Gaule, a chivalric romance that was extremely popular in Europe during the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth. The series was designed by Karel van Mander the Elder whose monogram KVM is carried by some of the tapestries. ## Related artworks - [Amadigi Rescuing Oriana \(detail\)]() - [Amadigi Rescuing Oriana]() - [Caparison]() - [Cephalus and Procris \(detail\)]() - [Cephalus and Procris]() - [Jupiter and Callisto]() - [Niobe's Pride]() - [Scenes from the Amadigi di Gaula \(detail\)]() - [Scenes from the Amadigi di Gaula]() - [The Meeting between David and Abigail]() - [Urgande Handing over the Lance to Amadis]() - [Valois Tapestries: Festival on the Water]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()