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Allegory of Water (Neptune Rescuing Amymone)
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Wool silk (22-24 warps per inch 9-10 per cm)
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1958
General conception by Jacques Germain Soufflot (Designer)
Pictorial medallions designed by François Boucher (Designer)
Alentours designed by Maurice Jacques (Designer)
Low-warp workshop of Jacques Neilson (Maker)
Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (Manufactory)
Commissioned for George William Coventry, 6th earl of Coventry (Patron)
Title: Allegory of Water (Neptune Rescuing Amymone)
Description:
Wool silk (22-24 warps per inch 9-10 per cm).
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