1959.212: Venus and Adonis in a Landscape
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1959.212
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Venus and Adonis in a Landscape
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- tapestry
- Date
- second half 17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Belgium, Oudenaarde
- Culture
- Flemish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/214619
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Textile fibers
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of A. Lawrence Lowell
- Accession Year
- 1959
- Object Number
- 1959.212
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This tapestry belongs to a series dedicated to Ovid's Metamorphoses. As in the case of the other tapestries in this series, the composition closely resembles printed Ovid illustrations, especially Virgil Solis's woodcut in the Metamorphoses Ovidii of 1563. The color scheme, figure type and landscape style are consistent with tapestries produced in Oudenaarde in the second half of the 17th century.
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Verification Level
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