Neptune from the 'Doria Grotesques', designed 1545, woven ca. 1550, Flemish, probably Brussels, Wool and silk (7-8 warps per cm.), Overall: 128 15/16 x 128 15/16 in. (327.5 x 327.5 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, Like a classical statue come to life, Neptune, god of the seas, stands with his trident and a dolphin atop a pedestal amid curling plant tendrils, gamboling animals and putti, and elegant swags of drapery
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Neptune, Doria Grotesques, designed 1545, woven ca, 1550, Flemish, Brussels, Wool, silk, 7-8 warps, cm, Overall, 128 15/16 x 128 15/16, 327.5 327.5 cm, Textiles-Tapestries, classical statue come, life, god, seas, stands, trident, dolphin atop, pedestal, curling plant, tendrils, gamboling animals, putti, elegant swags, drapery
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