Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse. Culture: Flemish, Brussels. Designer: Design attributed to Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona (Italian, active 1540-52); Border design attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (Italian, Florence ca. 1496-after 1528 Naples) ,from the set of the "Acts of the Apostles". Dimensions: 170 1/16 x 283 1/16 in. (432 x 719 cm); weight confirmed, includes tube: 14 ft. 9 in. × 23 ft. 6 in., 199 lb. (449.6 × 716.3 cm, 90.3 kg). Factory director: Weaving workshop directed by Willem de Pannemaker (Flemish, active Brussels, 1535-78, died 1581). Date: designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570.Picking up the narrative from the tapestry of Aglauros's Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse displayed near-by, this is the final episode in the story of the god Mercury's love for the mortal princess of Athens, Herse. Emboldened by her jealous vision of Mercury and Herse's union, Herse's sister Aglauros barred his entry to her sister's apartments. In
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