Tapestry showing Sancho Panza's Departure for the Island of Barataria

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Tapestry showing Sancho Panza's Departure for the Island of Barataria

1771-1773

Woven at the Gobelins tapestry manufactory, Paris (1662–present) In the workshop of Michel Audran (French, 1701–1771) , and Jean Audran (French, active 1771–1794) Central composition after a 1717 painting by Charles Antoine Coypel (French (active Paris), 1694–1752)

The central scene of this tapestry follows the composition of one of the twenty-eight paintings Charles Coypel made of subjects from Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote. In this tapestry, based on part 2, chapter 44 of the book, Sancho Panza is shown taking leave of his master, Don Quixote, having been appointed by the duke and duchess as governor of the imaginary island of Barataria--in fact a village on the duke's estate.

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Object Details

Titles:

Tapestry showing Sancho Panza's Departure for the Island of Barataria
From the eighth series of "The Story of Don Quixote" woven 1763-87 at the Gobelins tapestry manufactory

Date:

1771-1773

Artists:

Medium:

Wool and silk; woven on a high-warp loom

Dimensions:

12 feet 1 inches x 9 feet 10 inches (368.3 x 299.7 cm)

Classification:

Textiles

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Widener Dixon, 1943

Accession Number:

1943-100-2

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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