A FRENCH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY DEPICTING MERCURY AND ARGUS

A FRENCH MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY DEPICTING MERCURY AND ARGUS

GOBELINS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE FIGURES AFTER NICOLAS BERTIN AND THE LANDSCAPE BY ROBERT-FRANÇOIS BONNART, ORIGINALLY PART OF A LARGER TAPESTRY

From the series of \'Ovid\'s Metamorphoses\', depicting Argus lulled to sleep with Mercury and Cupid looking on, within a later blue guard border, very minor reweaving and restorations throughout

98 in. high x 83 in. wide (249 cm. x 211 cm.)