Vulcan Presenting Arms for Aeneas to Venus from the set The Loves of the Gods

Beauvais|François Boucher

designed 1749; woven possibly 1771

Vulcan Presenting Arms for Aeneas to Venus from the set The Loves of the Gods by Beauvais|François Boucher

Medium

Silk, wool

Dimensions

Overall (confirmed): 118 5/8 x 217 in. (301.3 x 551.2 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Tapestries

Culture

French, Beauvais

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Barbara P. Rockefeller, 1986

Accession Number

1986.459

Tags

MenAeneasVenusVulcanSwans

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