Diana and Actaeon from a set of Ovid's Metamorphoses

Woven at or near Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins French
 Workshop of Jean Jans the Younger French

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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.

Diana and Actaeon from a set of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Woven at or near Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662), Wool, silk (20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.), French, Paris

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