# Cephalus and Procris [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SPIERING, François]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Wool and silk on woolen warp, 345 x 520 cm ## Commentary Cephalus and Procris c. 1610 Wool and silk on woolen warp, 345 x 520 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam François Spiering produced tapestries in Delft for an international clientele. Among those with subjects drawn from classical mythology are two series of Diana tapestries with different measurements and after different designs. Cephalus and Procris belongs to the Diana series of twelve tapestries, woven in 1610 for an unknown customer. The subject of these tapestries are taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses. ## Related artworks - [Amadigi Rescuing Oriana \(detail\)]() - [Amadigi Rescuing Oriana]() - [Caparison]() - [Cephalus and Procris \(detail\)]() - [Jupiter and Callisto]() - [Niobe's Pride]() - [Scenes from the Amadigi di Gaula \(detail\)]() - [Scenes from the Amadigi di Gaula]() - [The Liberation of Oriane]() - [The Meeting between David and Abigail]() - [Urgande Handing over the Lance to Amadis]() - [Valois Tapestries: Festival on the Water]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()