Don Quixote attended by young women. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste II (French, 1688-1730) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Desportes, Alexandre-François (French, 1661-1743) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Jacques, Maurice (French, 1712-1784) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Boizot, Antoine (French, 1702-1782) (cartoon creator) [painter] c. 1780-1776 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 15'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture
Don Quixote attended by young women. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste II (French, 1688-1730) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Desportes, Alexandre-François (French, 1661-1743) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Jacques, Maurice (French, 1712-1784) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Boizot, Antoine (French, 1702-1782) (cartoon creator) [painter] c. 1780-1776 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 15'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Given to Cardinal de la Roche-Aymon, Archbishop of Reims by Louis XVI (1774). Don Francisco of Assisi coll., Château d'Epinay, France (1882-?). John Pierpont Morgan coll., New York. French & Co. purchased from Morgan coll. 4/22/1917; sold to Mrs. F. [Fitz] E. [Eugene] Dixon, returned 1/17/1923 [SS 7007]. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. [Eleanor] Widener Dixon, invoiced 6/13/1939; sent to Philadelphia Museum of Art for Mrs. Dixon 12/11/1947 [19477]. Gift of Mrs. Widener Dixon (1947). United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inscriptions: Inscription on console: DOM QUICHOTTE / SERVI PAR LES DAMES Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower field, right: (date not legible in photograph) Don Quixote stands in room as 2 young women drape him with sash & 1 woman holds a mirror; on R, Sancho bows to 2 women; scene enclosed by picture-frame cartouche (ALENTOUR) damask background with floral garlands, monkeys & peacock; at bottom, console decorated with garlands, trophies, dog & sheep 8th weaving, 5th alentour. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7007 [also lists: 24351] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19477 Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 157-282 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 117, 159-64 Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 183-84 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0139239-0
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