Don Quixote attended by young women. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Valade, Jean (French, 1709-1787) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Audran, Jean-Joseph (French, act. 1771-1794) (workshop) [weaver] Cozette, Pierre-François (French, ) [weaver] 1776 Tapestry Dimensions: H 373 x W 496 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Given to Grand Duke Paul of Russia by Louis XVI (1782). Palais Anitchoff, St. Petersburg (). Russia, St. Petersburg, Pavlovsk, Pavlovsk Palace. D
Don Quixote attended by young women. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Valade, Jean (French, 1709-1787) (author of design, alentour) [painter] Audran, Jean-Joseph (French, act. 1771-1794) (workshop) [weaver] Cozette, Pierre-François (French, ) [weaver] 1776 Tapestry Dimensions: H 373 x W 496 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Given to Grand Duke Paul of Russia by Louis XVI (1782). Palais Anitchoff, St. Petersburg (). Russia, St. Petersburg, Pavlovsk, Pavlovsk Palace. 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) patterned background with floral garlands & peacock; at bottom, console decorated with garlands, trophies, dog & sheep 8th weaving, 5th alentour. Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 157-282 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 117, 159-64 Pavlovsk: Palais et Parc (1976), 60, n. 34-40 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242014-0242016, 0242023; 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 0242019-0242022 (Palazzo reale 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, 0242471 (Virginia set); compositionally similar tapestry (same cartoon): GCPA 0242031
Size: 5939px × 6144px
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