A LOUIS XIV BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY

Lot 21
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 200 000
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Lot 21 | A LOUIS XIV BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
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 centre 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 Baron Guy and Baronne Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, hôtel Lambert, Paris.
Rothschild Masterpieces; Christie's, New York, 11 October 2023, lot 33.



Literature

C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Private Houses of France, Paris, 2014, p. 282.
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