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Allegories of Air (Cephalus and Aurora) and Earth (Vertumnus and Pomona)

Jacques Germain Soufflot
Medium
Wool, silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per cm)
Dimensions
H. 10 ft. x W. 27 ft., 3 in. (3.05 m. x 8.31 m.)
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Dated
designed 1758–67, woven 1764–71
Pixels
4000 × 2299
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Jacques Germain Soufflot. Allegories of Air (Cephalus and Aurora) and Earth (Vertumnus and Pomona), designed 1758–67, woven 1764–71. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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