Diana and Actaeon from a set of Ovid's Metamorphoses

Manufactory Woven at or near Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins French

Workshop of Jean Jans the Younger French

designed before 1680, woven late 17th–early 18th century

Not on view

From a set of tapestries depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, this hanging illustrates the moment when Acteon, having accidentally seen the goddess Diana and her nymphs bathing, begins to change into a stag.

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Title: Diana and Actaeon from a set of Ovid's Metamorphoses
Manufactory: Woven at or near Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662)
Maker: Workshop of Jean Jans the Younger (French, 1644–1723)
Date: designed before 1680, woven late 17th–early 18th century
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Wool, silk (20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions: 10 ft. 10 in. × 15 ft. 2 in. (330.2 × 462.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. George S. Amory, in memory of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Amory Sibley Carhart, 1964
Object Number: 64.208
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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