Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse

Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona

Date

designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570

Type

Tapestry

Medium

Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.)

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

41.190.135

Credit

Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941