Triumph of Bacchus (Dionysus) and Ariadne. Mignard, Pierre I (French, 1612-1695) (author of design) [painter] Romandon, Abraham (French, d. 1687 (?)) (cartoon creator) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (author of design, borders) [painter] Le Blond, Etienne Claude (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1739 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Magasin des Gobelins. Sent to the Duke de Nivernois to decorate the French Embassy in Rome (1748). French Embassy in Rome (). French & Co. Bacchus & Ar
Triumph of Bacchus (Dionysus) and Ariadne. Mignard, Pierre I (French, 1612-1695) (author of design) [painter] Romandon, Abraham (French, d. 1687 (?)) (cartoon creator) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (author of design, borders) [painter] Le Blond, Etienne Claude (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1739 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Magasin des Gobelins. Sent to the Duke de Nivernois to decorate the French Embassy in Rome (1748). French Embassy in Rome (). French & Co. Bacchus & Ariadne parade in chariot drawn by tigers ridden by cherubim & surrounded by procession of bacchic figures, including dancing bacchante, men blowing horns & Silenus carried by 2 men (UPR & LWR BRD) narrow guilloche band; (L & R BRD) band with head of female faun, vines, autumnal zodiac signs & tigers 5th weaving. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Fénaille, Gobelins 2 (1903-1923), 399-418 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 149-50 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0184271 (same cartoon, reversed)
Size: 10414px × 7093px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
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