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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 Actaeon, having accidentally seen the goddess Diana and her nymphs bathing, begins to change into a stag.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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