A LOUIS XIV BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY

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$ 200 000
Auction dateClassic
11.10.2023 18:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1027490
Lot 33 | A LOUIS XIV BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY
A LOUIS XIV BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY

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.
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