MYTHOLOGICAL NEEDLEPOINT

  • ○France - probably Paris
  • ○18th century
  • ○Needlepoint
  • ○Wool
  • ○7'8.1" x 2'11.4"

The upper scene shows the story of Vertumne et Pomone from Ovide's Métamorphosis. The lower scene shows Hercule killing the centaur Nessus whom kidnapped his wife  Déjanire.