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
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/matériel:
Wool, silk, metal thread (20-26 warps per inch, 8-12 per cm. )
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Fabricant:
Probably woven in the workshop directed by Jean Jans the Younger (French, 1644-1723)