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In Phantasmagoria video game you can find an artwork (most probably a tapestry) that looks like real piece of art and not something made for the game.

I've done some research, but I wasn't able to find any information regarding it.

Would someone be able to identify it?

Unfortunately it's the best quality I could get.

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Google image search brings this up pretty easily. (Image recognition technology is amazing these days.) It is The Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas, a late 17th century tapestry.

The Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas,

I gather it's currently in storage at a San Francisco museum rather than at a New England mansion.

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    Perfect, thanks. Interestingly, I tried image search, but on a different side and it didn't find it. – Chanandler Bong Jul 16 '19 at 05:42
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    Google image search brings this up pretty easily. . Did you search with this screenshot directly or did you crop the artwork and transform/stretch it back to a rectangular shape? – JPhi1618 Jul 16 '19 at 15:57
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    I literally just threw the stack overflow image URL (https://i.stack.imgur.com/LDflB.png) into the search bar. I honestly didn't expect that to work. Amusingly, google image search now points to this question/answer. :-P – Gort the Robot Jul 16 '19 at 16:08
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    I'm mildly disappointed to learn it's not currently hanging in Roberta William's sitting room. – jmbpiano Jul 16 '19 at 16:42
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    Wow, reverse image searches got scary real fast. – fgysin Jul 17 '19 at 05:53
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    @StevenBurnap Whoah! would have expected one would at least need to un-perspective the image ... – Hagen von Eitzen Jul 17 '19 at 11:24
  • I feel somewhat guilty that what is now my second highest voted answer on the entire stack exchange network was the results of 30 seconds research done on a lark. – Gort the Robot Jul 18 '19 at 20:08
  • This is also very scary for privacy... if someone has a pic of your face taken in the street, with a simple google reverse-image search, they could know your name and everything else about you. – Bregalad Sep 25 '19 at 09:10