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Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse, Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona Italian, Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
Designer Design attributed to Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona
Designer Border design attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni
Workshop director Weaving workshop directed by Willem de Pannemaker
designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570

Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse, Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona Italian, Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
Multiple artists/makers
designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570

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