ID 1027490
Lot 33 | A LOUIS XIV BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
AFTER THE DESIGN BY GUY-LOUIS VERNANSAL, JEAN-BAPTISTE BELIN DE FONTENAY AND JEAN-BAPTISTE MONNOYER, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting the scene The Audience of the Emperor (L’Audience de l’empereur), from the series L'histoire de l'Empereur de la Chine, the Emperor in the center beneath a pavilion on a large throne in front of an elephant, the foreground with an elaborately woven carpet with kneeling figures, the left foreground with the Empress under a parasol entering on a chariot led by kneeling servants, the background depicting a city with pagodas in the distance; lacking its original border
139 in. (352 cm.) high, 188 in. (477.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Private Houses of France, Paris, 2014, p. 282.
| Medium: | Silk, Textile, Wool |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Tapestries |
| Medium: | Silk, Textile, Wool |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Tapestries |
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