Neptune and Cupid Plead for the Lovers
Tapestry
1670-1685 (made)
1670-1685 (made)
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Tapestry woven in wool and silk. With Neptune and Cupid pleading for the lovers. Vulcan sits enthroned on the right in a large hall in his palace. Before him stand Cupid and Neptune. Three woman weep and wring their heads at the left below an opening in the wall through which can be seen Vulcan releasing the lovers.
The border has an inner guard of bead and reel. The sides has twisting columns with sprays of flowers in the twists, square pedestals and foliated capitals. The upper and lower has sprays of flowers caught with blue bows centring on a brown cartouche frame with a plain blue centre. The lower cartouche is decorated with dolphins. With the Mortlake mark.
The border has an inner guard of bead and reel. The sides has twisting columns with sprays of flowers in the twists, square pedestals and foliated capitals. The upper and lower has sprays of flowers caught with blue bows centring on a brown cartouche frame with a plain blue centre. The lower cartouche is decorated with dolphins. With the Mortlake mark.
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry woven in wool and silk |
| Brief description | Tapestry woven 'Neptune and Cupid Plead for the Lovers' in wool and silk from 'Vulcan and Venus' series, probably made at Mortlake Tapestry Factory, England, 1670-1685 |
| Physical description | Tapestry woven in wool and silk. With Neptune and Cupid pleading for the lovers. Vulcan sits enthroned on the right in a large hall in his palace. Before him stand Cupid and Neptune. Three woman weep and wring their heads at the left below an opening in the wall through which can be seen Vulcan releasing the lovers. The border has an inner guard of bead and reel. The sides has twisting columns with sprays of flowers in the twists, square pedestals and foliated capitals. The upper and lower has sprays of flowers caught with blue bows centring on a brown cartouche frame with a plain blue centre. The lower cartouche is decorated with dolphins. With the Mortlake mark. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Mortlake mark |
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| Accession number | T.350-1965 |
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| Record created | August 2, 2004 |
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