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Tapestry: Psyche at the Basketmakers

Date

possibly 1756–1757 but probably 1767–1771

Medium

Silk and wool

Culture

French

Department

Decorative Arts

Institution

Getty Museum

A bearded man, the god Pan, assists a disheveled Psyche down an earthen path in a wooded vale. They approach two seated women--the goddess Ceres, her right arm outstretched, and her daughter Proserpine. The two goddesses are surrounded by sheaves of wheat and wicker baskets. In the lower left corner, a nanny goat, one of Pan's attributes, seems to look toward its master. At the top of the tapestry, set into the expansive sky, is a gilt cartouche bearing the royal coat of arms of France and the Kingdom of Navarre (a region of southwest Europe).

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