Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal in Roman hands Oudenaarde wool and silk tapestry circa 1600 H. 336 cm, W. 382 cm Materials and condition: Woven in wool and silk (wool warp - 5 warp threads per cm - wool and silk weft), the tapestry shows some wear and old restorations. Despite his courage in battle, Hasdrubal lost the Battle of Metaurus, which, according to Titus Livius, was the bloodiest for the Carthaginians during the Punic Wars. The tapestry is framed by a wide, interesting border featuring the wonders of the ancient world in medallions, and a description in Latin in a larger medallion in the center of the upper border of what's about to happen: CLAUDIUS NERO CONSUL CAPUTAS DRUBALIS IN CASTERA HANNIBALIS PRO IICI JUBET (Consul Claudius Nero orders Hasdrubal's severed head to be thrown into Hannibal's camp). Bibliography - An identical tapestry is reproduced in: Ingrid De Meûter, 1999, Tapisseries d'Audenarde du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, p.185. The two tapestries do not feature the same medallion in the upper border. - On the Battle of Metaurus, see Geoffroy de Galbert, 2013, Hannibal, Scipio et les guerres puniques dans l'Art et l'Archéologie, pp 271-278.