Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse, Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona

Flemish, brussels; tapestry; textiles-tapestries. Object Type: tapestry. Date: designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570. Place of creation: City of Brussels. 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). Medium: metal, silk, wool. Depicted People: Mercury. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse MET DP212693

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Author: Willem de Pannemaker (1512–1581) Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona (1520–1612) Gianfrancesco PenniSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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