Author: Sébastien Leclerc I (1637-1714), Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)
Title: Antique print, etching | La galerie de l'Hostel royal des Goblins, published ca. 1696, 1 p.
Description: Monseigneur Colbert, marquis de Villacerf (1629-1699), viewing the tapestries depicting the life of Alexander the Great based on the designs of Charles le Brun.The scene depicted on the tapestry being lifted against the wall shows the scene of Alexander and Hephaestion visiting the tent of the wife of Darius.Le Brun's designs were woven several times at the Gobelins workshop in Paris during the last third of the seventeenth century. When the factory was temporarily closed in 1695, many of the weavers relocated to Brussels; a number of Gobelins designs began to be reproduced there, either using original cartoons or copies.See PR121497 for a set of prints after le Brun's designs.Signed at bottom: Seb. le Clerc fecit.Titled below: LA GALERIE DE L'HOSTEL ROYAL DE GOBLINS...[NL] Monseigneur Colbert, markies van Villacerf (1629-1699), bekijkt de wandtapijten met het leven van Alexander de Grote gebaseerd op de schilderijen van Charles le Brun (zie PR121497). Gobelins.De scène op het wandtapijt dat tegen de muur wordt gehesen toont de scène van Alexander en Hefaestion die de tent van de vrouw van Darius bezoeken. Gemaakt door Sébastien Leclerc I (1637-1714), Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Etching on paper; total: 152 x 251 mm; soil and smudges due to handling, in cardboard passepartout; overall in good condition.
Keywords: Allegories|Crafts|Fashion|France|Nobility|Professions
Title: Antique print, etching | La galerie de l'Hostel royal des Goblins, published ca. 1696, 1 p.
Description: Monseigneur Colbert, marquis de Villacerf (1629-1699), viewing the tapestries depicting the life of Alexander the Great based on the designs of Charles le Brun.The scene depicted on the tapestry being lifted against the wall shows the scene of Alexander and Hephaestion visiting the tent of the wife of Darius.Le Brun's designs were woven several times at the Gobelins workshop in Paris during the last third of the seventeenth century. When the factory was temporarily closed in 1695, many of the weavers relocated to Brussels; a number of Gobelins designs began to be reproduced there, either using original cartoons or copies.See PR121497 for a set of prints after le Brun's designs.Signed at bottom: Seb. le Clerc fecit.Titled below: LA GALERIE DE L'HOSTEL ROYAL DE GOBLINS...[NL] Monseigneur Colbert, markies van Villacerf (1629-1699), bekijkt de wandtapijten met het leven van Alexander de Grote gebaseerd op de schilderijen van Charles le Brun (zie PR121497). Gobelins.De scène op het wandtapijt dat tegen de muur wordt gehesen toont de scène van Alexander en Hefaestion die de tent van de vrouw van Darius bezoeken. Gemaakt door Sébastien Leclerc I (1637-1714), Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Etching on paper; total: 152 x 251 mm; soil and smudges due to handling, in cardboard passepartout; overall in good condition.
Keywords: Allegories|Crafts|Fashion|France|Nobility|Professions
Price: EUR 181.50 = appr. US$ 197.26 Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur
- Book number: PR121518
- Book number: PR121518