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

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941

Classification

Textiles-Tapestries

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Netherlandish, Brussels

Rights

Public Domain

About Willem de Pannemaker

1500–1580Southern Netherlands