id:			133714
accession number:	1956.325.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.325.2
updated:		2023-03-09 12:48:03.872000

Flora and Zephyrus (from Set of Ovid's  Metamorphoses), 1704–1731. Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662). Tapestry weave; overall: 324.5 x 295 cm (127 3/4 x 116 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum 1956.325.2

title:				Flora and Zephyrus (from Set of Ovid's  Metamorphoses)
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creation date:			1704–1731
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: Overall: 324.5 x 295 cm (127 3/4 x 116 1/8 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:
In an abundant garden of trees and flowers, the goddess Flora sits beneath a vase of luscious flowers as her husband, the west wind Zephyrus, carried by a white cloud, reaches out to crown her with a floral chaplet. In this tapestry, Zephyrus’s wings resemble those of a butterfly or moth rather than a bird. The ravishing landscape echoes Flora and Zephyrus as springtime divinities. The parrot in the foreground is a colorful intermediary between the viewer and the gods represented in this tapestry.

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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: 	Mentioned: P. 25-27
	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. 171-173, 188; Reproduced: P. 172, fig. 30
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/1512852

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IMAGES

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