Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
Design attributed to Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona →designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570
Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.) · 170 1/16 x 283 1/16 in. (432 x 719 cm); weight confirmed, includes tube: 14 ft. 9 in. × 23 ft. 6 in., 199 lb. (449.6 × 716.3 cm, 90.3 kg)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan →
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