Shepherds and Shepherdesses Dancing from a set of Mythological Subjects after Giulio Romano
Medium
Wool, silk, metal thread (20-26 warps per inch, 8-12 per cm.)
Dimensions
12 ft. × 11 ft. 6 in. (365.8 × 350.5 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Julia A. Berwind, 1953
Accession Number
53.225.11
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Art Historical Context
This magnificent tapestry, *Shepherds and Shepherd Dancing*, is part of a luxurious set of *Mythological Subjects* produced at the renowned Manufacture Nationale des Gobel in Paris. Designed between 1684 and 1686 by artists including Antoine Coypel and Pierre Monier—after original compositions by the Renaissance master Giulio Romano—it was meticulously woven from 1689 to 1692 by a team of skilled artisans like Jean-Baptiste Corneille, Jeanebvre the Elder, and Jans the Younger. Commissioned under the patronage of King Louis XIV, the Sun King himself, it exemplifies the opulence of France's Baro...