Defeat of count Marsin. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (designed after) [painter] Meulen, François van der (French, 1632-1690) (author of design) [painter] Sève, Pierre de (French, 1623-1695) (cartoon creator) [painter] Jans, Jean II, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1670-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Mobilier National Accn. no. GMTT 95/8; hung at Château de Versailles. France, Yvelines, Versailles, Musée national du château de Versailles et des Trianons, accno. VM 3833, Vmb 1447
Defeat of count Marsin. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (designed after) [painter] Meulen, François van der (French, 1632-1690) (author of design) [painter] Sève, Pierre de (French, 1623-1695) (cartoon creator) [painter] Jans, Jean II, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1670-1675 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Mobilier National Accn. no. GMTT 95/8; hung at Château de Versailles. France, Yvelines, Versailles, Musée national du château de Versailles et des Trianons, accno. VM 3833, Vmb 14479. Inscriptions: Inscription on cartouche, left border: / 1670. Inscriptions: Inscription on cartouche, right border: / 1675. Inscriptions: Inscription on cartouche, lower border: DEFAITE DE L'ARMEE ESPA / GNOLE PRES LE CANAL DE BRVGES / SOVS LA CONDVITTE DE MARSIN / PAR LES TROVPES DV ROY LOVIS / XIV. EN L'ANEE Louis XIV rides white horse & commands troops (R); mounted troops battle Spanish army (L) (BRD) band with grotesques & rinceaux; (UPR BRD) centered by arms of king of France, medallion with sun in corners; (LWR BRD) centered by inscribed cartouche, medallion with interlaced "L"s of Louis XIV in corners 1st weaving. 1st border Fénaille, Gobelins 2 (1903-1923), 98-127 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 128-30 Gli arazzi del re sole (1982), 78-79, pl. 12 Musée des Gobelins, Charles Le Brun (1962), 33 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0244014-0244019, 0244021-0244023, 0244034-0244035; compositionally similar sets (same cartoons): GCPA 0244029, 0244031 (Blois set), GCPA 0244024-0244028, 0244030 (Versailles set)
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