Don Quixote guided by folly. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Perrot, Pierre-Josse (French, ) (designed after, alentour) [painter] Audran, Michel (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1756-1757 Tapestry Dimensions: H 142" x W 126" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Garde-meuble (1758-?). Château de Marly (). Empress Eugénie coll., Farnsborough House, London; sold at Christie's (London), 7/7/1927, lot 76; purchased by Henry Symons, New York. French & Co. United Stat
Don Quixote guided by folly. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Perrot, Pierre-Josse (French, ) (designed after, alentour) [painter] Audran, Michel (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1756-1757 Tapestry Dimensions: H 142" x W 126" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Garde-meuble (1758-?). Château de Marly (). Empress Eugénie coll., Farnsborough House, London; sold at Christie's (London), 7/7/1927, lot 76; purchased by Henry Symons, New York. French & Co. United States, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, accno. 64-48-1/6. Inscriptions: Woven inscription in cartouche in center field: DOM QUICHOTTE CONDUIT / PAR LA FOLIE, EMBRAZÉ D'AMOUR / EXTRAVAGANT POUR DULCINÉE Don Quixote, on horseback, leaves his house & follows Folly & Love, who point to a windmill in center background; on R, Dulcinea carries basket of wheat; scene enclosed by picture-frame cartouche (ALENTOUR) patterned background with floral garlands & peacock; at bottom, fluted console decorated with flowers & shield 5th weaving, 4th alentour (called the Marly alentour). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 15186C Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 157-282 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 117, 159-64 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0182086, 0182092, 0182096, 0182098, 0189058-0189071, 0242310-0242313, 0242471; 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); compositionally similar tapestry (same cartoon): GCPA 0240033
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