Weaving myths
Subtitle: Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Diana tapestries in the Rijksmuseum
By: Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis ; [translation, Lynne Richards].
Contributors: Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)
Publisher: Rijksmuseum; Nieuw Amsterdam
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; [Amsterdam]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9789086890507
Subjects: Ovid, -- 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. -- Illustrations; Mander, Carel van, -- 1548-1606; Spiering, François, -- ca. 1550-1630; Rijksmuseum (Netherlands); Diana (Roman deity) -- Art; Tapestry -- Netherlands -- Delft
Genres: Illustrations; Art
Other titles: Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Diana tapestries in the Rijksmuseum
Work titles: Geweven mythen.
Notes: "This work has been published to accompany the exhibition Queen and Huntress, Chaste and Fair: The Rijksmuseum's Diana Tapestries in the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, 13 March-13 September 2009. This presentation is part of the alliance between the Rijksmuseum and the Bonnefantenmuseum, entitled 'Rijksmuseum Maastricht'. It provides ... a platform for semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions on the basis of the collections of the Rijksmuseum"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Goddess at court; title: Karel van Mander, the designer of the Diana Tapestries; title: François Spiering, the weaver of the Diana set; title: The Diana set and its English buyers; title: The Diana series. The story of Jupiter and Callisto, the story of Niobe's pride, the story of Latona and the Lycian peasants, the story of Cephalus and Procris, the story of his dog Lelaps and the giant vixen that Cephalus told to Phocus, the story of Meleager and Atalanta, the borders of the Diana tapestries; title: Notes; title: Index of mythological figures.