Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid

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Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid

After a design probably by Daniel Janssens (1636–1682)LinkedCulture matchlcp-6288e61045e7

Date
c. 1675
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm
Culture
Antwerp
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
79537

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Typical example of late- seventeenth-century tapestries depicting mythological scenes in wooded or parklike settings. From about 1660, these immensely popular light-hearted and slightly erotic mythological sets, usually depicting stories from Ovid's famous Metamorphoses were the lifeblood of the majority of Flemish and French workshops. The limited color range of these fashionable series and the absence of intricate large-sclae figures made them less costyly to execute than history sets. Antwerp and Oudenarde tapissiers in particular focused on this genre.

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Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Cutten
Provenance
Mrs. Arthur Cutten, Chicago, by Mar. 2, 1983 [incoming receipt RX865, Mar. 2, 1953; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.

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  • Representative object from the topic 18th-Century French Decorative Arts
    18th-Century French Decorative Arts

    These objects represent the luxury decorative traditions of 18th-century France, unified by their use of refined materials (tapestry weave, Savonnerie knotted pile, carved wood), classical themes (Ovid's Metamorphoses, S

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