Tapestry: Vertumnus Disguised as a Fisherman (From the series The Story of Vertumnus and Pomona)

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (Netherlandish, 1500–1559)

Martin Reymbouts

Second half of the 16th or first quarter of the 17th century

Object PlaceProbably Brussels, Flanders

Medium/TechniqueTapestry weave (wool warp; wool and silk wefts)

Dimensions412.11 x 513.71 cm (162 1/4 x 202 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ernest B. Dane

Accession number48.402

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Provenance1926, Seidlitz and Van Baarn (dealer), New York; 1926, sold by Seidlitz and Van Baarn to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Dane, Brookline, MA; 1948, gift of Mrs. Ernest B. Dane to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 13, 1948)

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