Tapestry showing Figures Representing Victory and Fame with the Royal Coats of Arms of France and Navarre

Gallery 359, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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Tapestry showing Figures Representing Victory and Fame with the Royal Coats of Arms of France and Navarre

1693-1700

Composition designed c. 1659 - 1662 by Charles Le Brun (French (active Paris), 1619–1690) Woven by Gobelins tapestry manufactory, Paris (1662–present) Workshop of Jean Le Souet (French, c. 1653–1724) , or Jean de la Fraye (French, c. 1655–1730)

This tapestry was designed for use as a portiere (a curtain hanging across a doorway), a much-used element in French interiors of the second half of the seventeenth century.

Gallery 359, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Titles:

Tapestry showing Figures Representing Victory and Fame with the Royal Coats of Arms of France and Navarre

Date:

1693-1700

Artists:

Composition designed c. 1659 - 1662 by Charles Le Brun (French (active Paris), 1619–1690) Woven by Gobelins tapestry manufactory, Paris (1662–present) Workshop of Jean Le Souet (French, c. 1653–1724) , or Jean de la Fraye (French, c. 1655–1730)

Medium:

Wool, silk

Dimensions:

9 feet 4 3/16 inches x 7 feet 4 inches (285 x 223.5 cm)

Classification:

Textiles

Credit Line:

The John D. McIlhenny Collection, 1962

Accession Number:

1962-101-1

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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Gallery 359, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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