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Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse

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Wool silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch 8-9 warps per cm.)

Rights: Public Domain

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of George Blumenthal 1941

Design attributed to Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona (Designer) Border design attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (Designer) Weaving workshop directed by Willem de Pannemaker (Workshop director)

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designed ca. 1540 woven ca. 1570, 1535, 1575

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Title: Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse

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Wool silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch 8-9 warps per cm.

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