Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid
Wauters WorkshopWW-1665-015937
1665·Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm·500.3 × 210.8 cm (196 7/8 × 83 in.)
<p>Typical example of late- seventeenth-century tapestries depicting mythological scenes in wooded or parklike settings. From about 1660, these immensely popular light-hearted and slightly erotic mythological sets, usually depicting stories from Ovid's famous Metamorphoses were the lifeblood of the majority of Flemish and French workshops. The limited color range of these fashionable series and the absence of intricate large-sclae figures made them less costyly to execute than history sets. Antwerp and Oudenarde tapissiers in particular focused on this genre.</p>
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- Year
- 1665
- Dimensions
- 500.3 × 210.8 cm (196 7/8 × 83 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Wauters Workshop
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After a design probably by Peter Ykens (1648–1695) and Pieter Spierinckx (1635–1711)
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