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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.2
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Jupiter and Callisto
Other Titles
Former Title: Diana and Calisto
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
tapestry
Date
c. 1700
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Lille
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214660

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Textile fibers
Dimensions
299.7 x 482.6 cm (118 x 190 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Hearst Foundation, Inc., gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Hearst Foundation, Inc. in memory of William Randolph Hearst
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Mythological tapestry depicting episodes from the story of Diana and Callisto (from Ovid's Metamorphoses and Fasti), with Diana bathing with her attendants while Zeus (Jupiter), disguised as Diana, lies with Callisto. The figures are small in relation to the landscape, and have rather blunt facial features and inelegant forms. In contrast, the landscape is superbly rendered. The borders are not quite simulated picture frames: the rectilinear moldings contain twisted acanthus leaves plaited with colorful flowers which sometimes cross illusionistically into the visual field.

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