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Minerva from the "Doria Grotesques"
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi), Designed 1545, woven ca. 1550
- Artist
- Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)
- Date
- Designed 1545, woven ca. 1550
- Medium
- Wool, silk (17-19 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.)
- Size
- 12 ft. 6 in. × 13 ft. 3 in. (381 × 403.9 cm)
- Type
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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