"Picking up the narrative from the tapestry of Aglauros\u2019s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse displayed near-by, this is the final episode in the story of the god Mercury\u2019s love for the mortal princess of Athens, Herse. Emboldened by her jealous vision of Mercury and Herse\u2019s union, Herse\u2019s sister Aglauros barred his entry to her sister\u2019s apartments. In his anger and frustration, Mercury transformed Aglauros into stone; in the tapestry, we see her disappearing into the door-frame. Mercury can seen again at the right, flying away and leaving the longed-for union with Herse unfulfilled. Such was the appeal of Lodi\u2019s designs for this tapestry series that his cartoon-models were used, and reused, for decades: Willem de Pannnemaker, one of the most admired and successful master-weavers working in Brussels, directed the weaving of this sumptuous edition approximately thirty years after it was designed."@en . . . "2021-02-10T00:00:00"^^ .