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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.214
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Atalanta and Meleager
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/214596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Fiber/filament
Dimensions
325.1 x 339.1 cm (128 x 133 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of A. Lawrence Lowell
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.214
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This tapestry shows the story of Meleager and Atalanta as narrated in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Met. 8:260-546). The composition is derived from Virgil Solis's woodcut illustration in the Metamorphoses Ovidii. The tapestry has the same borders at 1959.212 and 1959.213. Like the other works in the series, the tapestry was probably produced in Oudenaarde in the second half of the 17th century.

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