The Metropolitan Museum of Art · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
Willem de Pannemaker|Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona|Giovanni Francesco Penni
- Date
- designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570
- Medium
- Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.)
- Dimensions
- weight confirmed, includes tube: 14 ft. 4 in. × 17 ft. 9 in., 173 lb. (436.9 × 541 cm, 78.5 kg)
- Object type
- Tapestry
- Classification
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Culture
- Netherlandish, Brussels
- Object number
- 41.190.135
- Credit line
- Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Artist information
Flemish, active Brussels, 1535–78, died 1581|Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?)|Italian, active 1540–52|Italian, Florence ca. 1496–after 1528 Naples
Subjects and terms
- Mercury
- Bedrooms
- Men
- Women
- Putti
- Beds
The Met object ID 226696. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.