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DESIGNED AFTER DRAWINGS ATTRIBUTED TO GIULIO ROMANO, CARTOON PAINTED BY RENÉ ANTOINE HOUASSE. The Festival of Psyche, with Mercury from a set of Mythological Subjects after Giulio Romano

DESIGNED AFTER DRAWINGS ATTRIBUTED TO GIULIO ROMANO and CARTOON PAINTED BY RENÉ ANTOINE HOUASSE. The Festival of Psyche, with Mercury from a set of Mythological Subjects after Giulio Romano. Artist: Designed after drawings attributed to Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?-1546 Mantua); Cartoon painted by René Antoine Houasse (French, Paris 1645-1710 Paris). Culture: French, Paris. Designer: Possibly designed by Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1661-1722 Paris). Dimensions: H. 144 x W. 220 inches (365.8 x 558.8 cm). Maker: Probably woven in the workshop directed by Jean Jans the Younger (French, 1644-1723). Manufactory: Woven in the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662). Patron: Commissioned for Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Date: designed 1684-86, woven 1689-92.

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DESIGNED AFTER DRAWINGS ATTRIBUTED TO GIULIO ROMANO (1499?-1546) • CARTOON PAINTED BY RENÉ ANTOINE HOUASSE (1645-1710)

Title:

The Festival of Psyche, with Mercury from a set of Mythological Subjects after Giulio Romano

Caption:

The Festival of Psyche, with Mercury from a set of Mythological Subjects after Giulio Romano. Artist: Designed after drawings attributed to Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?-1546 Mantua); Cartoon painted by René Antoine Houasse (French, Paris 1645-1710 Paris). Culture: French, Paris. Designer: Possibly designed by Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1661-1722 Paris). Dimensions: H. 144 x W. 220 inches (365.8 x 558.8 cm). Maker: Probably woven in the workshop directed by Jean Jans the Younger (French, 1644-1723). Manufactory: Woven in the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662). Patron: Commissioned for Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Date: designed 1684-86, woven 1689-92.

Technique/material:

Wool, silk, metal thread (20-26 warps per inch, 8-12 per cm. )

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Maker:

Probably woven in the workshop directed by Jean Jans the Younger (French, 1644-1723)

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Image size:

4400 x 2918 px | 36.7 MB

Print size:

37.3 x 24.7 cm | 14.7 x 9.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

CARTOON PAINTED BY RENÉ ANTOINE HOUASSE • DESIGNED AFTER DRAWINGS ATTRIBUTED TO GIULIO ROMANO • EUROPE • EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS • FRANCE • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PARIS • PROBABLY WOVEN IN THE WORKSHOP DIRECTED BY JEAN JANS THE YOUNGER (FRENCH, 1644-1723) • SILK • TAPESTRIES • TEXTILES • TEXTILES-TAPESTRIES • TEXTILES: SILK • WOOL • WOOL, SILK, METAL THREAD (20-26 WARPS PER INCH, 8-12 PER CM. )