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Weaving of Interest – Susan

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This weaving is called the Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse. It was made by Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona. The weavings shows a story which depicts the seventh, and the second to last episode in the story of an ill-fated love affair between Herse and Mercury. The weaving is about the union between Mercury and how her sister might appear here. The vision of this is shown in an exquisitely sumptuous re-edition of the tapestry series, heavy with precious thread and woven with a virtuoso display of different surface effects. It was made in 1570 ca. And the weaving is used as a tapestry set.