Don Quixote guided by Folly. 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] Neilson, Jacques (French, ) (workshop, entrepreneur) [weaver] 1780-1783 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'2" x W 11'8 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Cultur
Don Quixote guided by Folly. 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] Neilson, Jacques (French, ) (workshop, entrepreneur) [weaver] 1780-1783 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'2" x W 11'8 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Magasin des Gobelins. Given to the prince of Hesse-Darmstadt by Napoleon I (1810). Don Francisco of Assisi coll., Château d'Epinay, France (1882-?). John Pierpont Morgan coll., New York. French & Co. received from Morgan coll. 4/22/1917; sold to Mrs. F. [Fitz] E. [Eugene] Dixon, returned 1/17/1923 [SS 7007-a]. French & Co. purchased from, Mrs. [Eleanor] Widener Dixon, invoiced 6/13/1939; sent to Philadelphia Museum of Art for Mrs. Dixon 12/19/1945 [SS 19477]. Gift of Mrs. Widener Dixon (1945). United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, accno. 1945-90-1. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower field, right: 1783 Inscriptions: Inscription on console: DOM QUICHOTTE / CONDUIT, PAR LA FOLIE 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) damask background with floral garlands, monkeys & peacock; at bottom, console decorated with garlands, trophies, dog & sheep 7th weaving, 5th alentour. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7007-a [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 Philade
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