Wooden Horse. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Tessier, Louis (French, ) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Audran, Jean-Joseph (French, act. 1771-1794) (workshop, ) [weaver] Cozette, Pierre-François (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1778-1787 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Seligmann coll. Sold to M. Loucheur 5/16/1929. In center, don Quixote & Sancho ride wooden horse while wearing blindfolds; on R, youth bearing torch advances on don Quixote & Sancho while
Wooden Horse. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Tessier, Louis (French, ) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Audran, Jean-Joseph (French, act. 1771-1794) (workshop, ) [weaver] Cozette, Pierre-François (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1778-1787 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Seligmann coll. Sold to M. Loucheur 5/16/1929. In center, don Quixote & Sancho ride wooden horse while wearing blindfolds; on R, youth bearing torch advances on don Quixote & Sancho while the Duke & Duchess watch; scene enclosed by picture frame basket of flowers in bottom center, on damask background (ALENTOUR) damask background with floral garlands & suspended basket of flowers 9th weaving, 6th alentour. Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 157-282 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 117, 159-64 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (same cartoon): GCPA 0242313
Size: 9395px × 7864px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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