Cleveland Museum of Art
Flora and Zephyrus (from Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses)
Gobelins Manufactory
- Date
- 1704–1731
- Medium
- tapestry weave
- Culture
- France, 18th century
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
In an abundant garden of trees and flowers, the goddess Flora sits beneath a vase of luscious flowers as her husband, the west wind Zephyrus, carried by a white cloud, reaches out to crown her with a floral chaplet. In this tapestry, Zephyrus’s wings resemble those of a butterfly or moth rather than a bird. The ravishing landscape echoes Flora and Zephyrus as springtime divinities. The parrot in the foreground is a colorful intermediary between the viewer and the gods represented in this tapestry. During the French Revolution, Gobelins tapestries were sometimes disassembled to harvest the gold threads.
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