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Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herseclick to zoom
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Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse

Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona
Medium
Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.)
Dimensions
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)
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Dated
designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570
Pixels
3975 × 2383
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Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona. Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse, designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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