Portière of fame. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (designed after) [painter] c. 1680 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Ville de Paris coll., hung at the Musée Carnavalet. France, Paris, Paris, Musée Carnavalet. Cartouche with arms of France & Navarre flanked by 2 female allegorical figures (=Victory & Fame?) emerging from cornucopias; 2 cherubim hold crown at top; display of trophies & armor at bottom; scene enclosed by egg-&-dart frame (BRD) laurel & oak leaf garland, acanthus rosette
Portière of fame. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (designed after) [painter] c. 1680 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Ville de Paris coll., hung at the Musée Carnavalet. France, Paris, Paris, Musée Carnavalet. Cartouche with arms of France & Navarre flanked by 2 female allegorical figures (=Victory & Fame?) emerging from cornucopias; 2 cherubim hold crown at top; display of trophies & armor at bottom; scene enclosed by egg-&-dart frame (BRD) laurel & oak leaf garland, acanthus rosette in corners & midpoints Fénaille, Gobelins 2 (1903-1923), 1-8 Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André (1984), 70-71, pl. 31 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 120-21 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243890, 0243892, 0243894, 0243896-0243897, 0243899-0243900, 0243903, 0243906, 0243912
Size: 4236px × 6144px
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