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Boreas and Orithyia from a set of scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses

René-Antoine Houasse

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

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  • Title: Boreas and Orithyia from a set of scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • Creator: Beauvais|René Antoine Houasse
  • Date Created: designed ca. 1690, woven before 1730
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 140 x W. 179 inches (355.6 x 454.7 cm), as measured by Textile Conservation in 1984
  • Type: Tapestry
  • External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/229567
  • Medium: Wool, silk, metal thread (19-22 warps per inch, 7-9 per cm.)
  • Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
  • Culture: French, Beauvais
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