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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GOBELINS TAPESTRIES

Lot 50
29.07.2020 18:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 200 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 377752
Lot 50 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GOBELINS TAPESTRIES
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GOBELINS TAPESTRIES

CIRCA 1757-64, BY MICHEL AUDRAN AND PIERRE-FRANÇOIS COZETTE, AFTER A DESIGN BY CHARLES-ANTOINE COYPEL

Both from the Don Quixote series, one depicting The false princess Micomicon imploring Don Quixote to reinstate her on her throne, the scene in a central cartouche of an acanthus-wrapped and scrolling foliate frame headed by a peacock and draped with garlands of summer flowers and fruits, above military trophies and cornucopiae, flanked by a spaniel and a ram, within a picture frame border, the corners with interlaced L's, signed and dated '...UDRAN.G. 1757' with a fleur de lys, the blue outer slip with small replaced section by signature panel. The other depicting Don Quixote made a knight by the Inn keeper, the scene in a central cartouche of an acanthus-wrapped and scrolling foliate frame headed by a peacock and draped with garlands of summer flowers and fruits, above military trophies and cornucopiae, flanked by a spaniel and a ram, within a picture frame border, the corners with interlaced L's, signed and dated 'Cozette 1764' and also signed 'Cozette' in the outer blue slip

Their respective dimensions are 11 ft. 10 in. (361 cm.) x 9 ft. 3½ in. (283 cm.) and 11 ft. 10 in. (361 cm.) x 9 ft. 1/4 in. (275 cm.)

Art style:Symbolism
Auction house category:Tapestries
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
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