IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110534
accession number:	T.1-1949

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 28 November 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The tapestry is woven in wook and silk on woolen warps.
object type: Apollo and Clytie are the central characters to this composition.  Apollo ascends on clouds, loosening his embrace of Clytie, before her abandonment and transformation into the sunflowers seen at the lower left-hand corner.  Below, in the right-hand corner, two nymphs watch the unfolding scene or play musical instruments, while a stream flows from overturned urns.  Above two putti hover in front of, or rest on, an ethereal arch.  To the left of the arch horses approach pulling the chariot of their master the sun god Apollo.  One horse hooks left towards Apollo, anticipating the closing scene as he rides away bringing nightfall.  A woven imitation of a carved and gilded frame borders the pictorial space.  It is surmounted by the Royal arms of France and Navarre.
object type: Tapestry from the "Loves of the Gods" series illustrating the classical myth of apollo and Clytie
title:	tapestry

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Sold at Sotheby's, 25th February 1949, Lot. 157 (Sir Bernard Eckstein sale) to Messrs F. Partridge & Sons


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: purchased by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum with the aid of a grant from the Marlay Fund.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110534

PEOPLE
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Apollo, Clytie, putti

SUBJECTS
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chariot, urn
horse (animal)
sunflower
chariot, urn
horse (animal)
sunflower



TECHNIQUES
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weaving

CATEGORIES
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category: woven textiles

DATING
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creation date:	1756 - 1761
creation date earliest:	1756
creation date latest:	1761
culture:	18th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Beauvais factory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: ft
value: 11

dimension: Width
units: ft
value: 9.11



CITATIONS
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Beauvais: Manifacture nationale de Tapisserie
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