Ball at Barcelona. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Belin de Fontenay (French, 1653-1715) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Desportes, Alexandre-François (French, 1661-1743) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Audran, Michel (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1746-1748 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Woven for Infante Don Philippe, Duke of Parma. Italy, Pie
Ball at Barcelona. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Belin de Fontenay (French, 1653-1715) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Desportes, Alexandre-François (French, 1661-1743) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Audran, Michel (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1746-1748 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Woven for Infante Don Philippe, Duke of Parma. Italy, Piedmont, Torino, Turin, Palazzo reale. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower field, right: AUDRAN (not visible in photograph) Inscriptions: Inscription on cartouche: DOM QUICHOTTE / ESTANT A BARCELONNE / DANSE AU BAL QUE LUY DONNE / DON ANTONIO (not visible in photograph) At ball, don Quixote dances with 2 women (center), Sancho dances alone (R), & man plays guitar (L); scene enclosed by picture-frame decorated with garlands, 2 cherubim & peacock at top, & flanked by 2 medallions; at bottom, console decorated with garlands, armor, dogs & sheep (ALENTOUR) patterned background with floral garlands, monkeys, peacock, 2 cherubim & 2 medallions; at bottom, console decorated with garlands, trophies, dogs & sheep 4th weaving, 2nd alentour. Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 157-282 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 117, 159-64 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), pl. 141 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242019-0242022; compositionally similar sets: GCPA 0242043-0242046 (Louvre set), GCPA 0184492-084494, 0188339, 0189001-0189057, 0242012-0242013, 0242017, 0242042, 0242047 (Mackay set), GCPA 0139231-0139232, 0189076 (set A), GCPA 0242048, 0244394-0244395 (Getty set), GCPA 0242038-0242022 (Palazzo Quirinale set), GCPA 0139241, 0242024-0242034 (Philadelphia set), GCPA 0242014-0242016, 0242023 (St. Petersburg set), GCPA 0182086, 0182092, 0182096, 0182098, 0189058-0189071, 0242310-0242313,
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