id:			133712
accession number:	1956.325
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.325
updated:		2023-03-09 12:48:03.857000

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

title:				Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses
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creation date:			1704–31
creation date earliest:		1704
creation date latest:		1731
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Tapestry
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CREATORS

* Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662)  - manufacturer
For more information: http://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000032919
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measurements: Average: 327.7 x 322.6 cm (129 x 127 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Matthias Plum (Bertha Andrews Rainey Plum) [1909-1976], New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1956
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1956–
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fun fact:
During the French Revolution, Gobelins tapestries were sometimes disassembled to harvest the gold threads.

digital 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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Malloy, Katherine R. “Three Eighteenth-Century Gobelins Tapestries.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>44, no. 2 (1957): 24–27.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 24; Mentioned: P. 24-27
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142185

	Standen, Edith A. “Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’: A Gobelins Tapestry Series.” <em>Metropolitan Museum Journal</em> 23 (1988): 149–191.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 159, 162-163, 167, 171-173, 188; Reproduced: P. 164, 166, 172
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/1512852

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IMAGES

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