Atalanta and Meleager with Fountains of Versailles
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- Object
- Atalanta and Meleager with Fountains of Versailles
- Accession number
- 62.214.2
- Date
- late 17th century
- Makers
- Antonio Tempesta
- Perelle
- Medium
- Wool and silk on canvas (Center: 484-576 tent stitches per sq. inch, 90 per sq. cm. Border: 169 cross-stitches per sq. inch, 25 per sq. cm.)
- Dimensions
- H. 89 x W. 65 1/2 inches (226.1 x 166.4 cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Embroidered
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1962
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool