Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses

1675·Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm·328.2 × 299.1 cm (129 3/16 × 117 3/4 in.)

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Year: 1675
Medium: Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm
Dimensions: 328.2 × 299.1 cm (129 3/16 × 117 3/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Wauters Workshop

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After a design probably by Peter Ykens (1648–1695) and Pieter Spierinckx (1635–1711)

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Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid

1665 · Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm

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Artist: Wauters Workshop
Year: 1675
Medium: Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm
Dimensions: 328.2 × 299.1 cm (129 3/16 × 117 3/4 in.)
Watts ID: WW-1675-015938

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Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
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