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Each tapestry illustrates a scene from <em>Metamorphoses</em>, written by the ancient Roman poet Ovid. The poem is comprised of fifteen books and contains more than 250 myths. These tapestries were produced in Paris by the royal Gobelins Manufactory during the 1700s. Gobelins was founded in 1662 for the purpose of furnishing French royal homes with the highest quality textiles. Gold and silver thread and silk were woven together to create luxurious tapestries like these.
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133712
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Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses
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133712
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Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses
description
Each tapestry illustrates a scene from <em>Metamorphoses</em>, written by the ancient Roman poet Ovid. The poem is comprised of fifteen books and contains more than 250 myths. These tapestries were produced in Paris by the royal Gobelins Manufactory during the 1700s. Gobelins was founded in 1662 for the purpose of furnishing French royal homes with the highest quality textiles. Gold and silver thread and silk were woven together to create luxurious tapestries like these.
date
1704–31
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q78802881
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8592
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Tapestry
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Average: 327.7 x 322.6 cm (129 x 127 in.)
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France, 18th century
accession
1956.325
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tapestry weave
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Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1704–31. Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662). Tapestry weave; average: 327.7 x 322.6 cm (129 x 127 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum, 1956.325
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Textiles
didYouKnow
During the French Revolution, Gobelins tapestries were sometimes disassembled to harvest the gold threads.
citations
citation
Malloy, Katherine R. “Three Eighteenth-Century Gobelins Tapestries.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>44, no. 2 (1957): 24–27.
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Reproduced: P. 24; Mentioned: P. 24-27
citation
Standen, Edith A. “Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’: A Gobelins Tapestry Series.” <em>Metropolitan Museum Journal</em> 23 (1988): 149–191.
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Mentioned: P. 159, 162-163, 167, 171-173, 188; Reproduced: P. 164, 166, 172
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Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum
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2026-05-29 06:51:44.448000
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133712
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Textiles
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Textiles
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