Zebra. Eeckhout, Albert van der (Dutch, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Post, Frans Jansz (Dutch, 1612-1680) (cartoon creator) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (altered cartoon) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (altered cartoon) [painter] Houasse, René-Antoine (French, 1645-1710) (altered cartoon) [painter] Bonnemer, Francois (French, ) (altered cartoon) [painter] c. 1692-1730 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 18'10 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Jean-Baptiste-Elie C
Zebra. Eeckhout, Albert van der (Dutch, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Post, Frans Jansz (Dutch, 1612-1680) (cartoon creator) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (altered cartoon) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (altered cartoon) [painter] Houasse, René-Antoine (French, 1645-1710) (altered cartoon) [painter] Bonnemer, Francois (French, ) (altered cartoon) [painter] c. 1692-1730 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 18'10 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Jean-Baptiste-Elie Camus de Pontcarré, seigneur de Viarmes (1702-1775), & his wife Françoise-Louise Raoul de la Guibourgère. By descent to Louis-Jean-Népomucene-François-Marie Camus de la Guibourgère (1747-1794). By descent to Alexandre-Prosper Camus de la Guibourgère (1793-1853), Château de la Guibourgère, Bretagne. French & Co., New York, circa 1930. Bernard Blondeel, Antwerp, Belgium, 1991. United States, California, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, accno. Under large tree with variety of birds, a spotted jaguar attacking a zebra near rhinoceros while a gazelle approaches from right; 2 hunters flank the scene, 1 aiming his spear, the other drawing his bow, standing in stream with waterfall filled with crustaceans, fish, birds & other creatures (BRD) picture-frame border with spiral acanthus leaves & guilloche band, acanthus agrafe in corners; (UPR BRD) centered by the coat of arms of the family Camus de Pontcarré de Viarmes de la Guibourgère, supported on either side by a lion & placed under a ducal crown This tapestry was woven on the high-warp loom between 1692 & 1730 (Soustelle). The border is of the first design applied to this series at the Gobelins (Cavallo). The central scene, featuring a zebra attacked by a spotted jaguar & near a rhinoceros, was the most commonly woven scene (Krotoff, ) However, this panel is an extended version with 2 native hunters on eith
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