ID 1177149
Lot 54 | A PAIR OF BEAUVAIS HISTORICAL TAPESTRIES
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 20 000
AFTER DESIGNS BY MONSIAU, CIRCA 1792
Entitled 'Alcibiade Chez Les Femmes, Surpris Par Socrate' and 'Aristotle Amoreux Trainant Le Char D'Aspasie Surpris Par Alexandre', reduced in size
9 ft. 3 in. (2 m. 82 cm.) x 8 ft. 3 in. (2 m. 51.5 cm.), the slightly larger
9 ft. 3 in. (2 m. 82 cm.) x 8 ft. 1 in. (2 m. 46.5 cm.), the slightly smaller
Provenance
Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), acquired in Paris circa 1793-4.
Highly Important Furniture Purchased by Gouverneur Morris in Paris; Christie's, New York, 22 November 1983, lot 221.
Literature
J. Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries de Beauvais, Paris, 1909, p. 67.
H. Göbel, Wandteppiche, vol. II, Leipzig, 1928, pl. II.
L. Schreider III, "Gouverneur Morris, Connoisseur of French Art," Apollo, June 1971, pp. 472 and 476.
W. H. Adams, ed., The Eye of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, 1976, p. 219.
Exhibited
The Eye of Thomas Jefferson, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1976, nos. 385 and 386
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Tapestries, Textiles and Costumes |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Tapestries, Textiles and Costumes |
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