Title: Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
Object type: Tapestry
Date: designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570
Artist: Design attributed to Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona 
Artist bio: Italian, active 1540–52
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Designer
Medium: Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.)
Dimensions: 170 1/16 x 283 1/16 in. (432 x 719 cm); weight confirmed, includes tube: 14 ft. 9 in. × 23 ft. 6 in., 199 lb. (449.6 × 716.3 cm, 90.3 kg)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Stairs, term: Men, term: Women, term: Mercury, term: Dogs