Rijksmuseum

Acis and Galatea Listening to the Song of Polyphemus

Date

c. 1680 - c. 1684

Medium

wool, silk

Culture

Paris

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Tapestries for the palaces of King Louis XIV were woven in the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, which also accommodated the workshops of other craftsmen employed by the court. This tapestry is part of a series with illustrations of stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The set once belonged to Louis XIV.

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