- Lot 205

Lot n° 205
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- Lot 205
Tapestry "Acis and Galatea discovered by the Cyclops Polyphemus" from the hanging of Ovid's Metamorphoses, after Charles de La Fosse (1636-1716), ca. 1680-1714, Manufacture des Gobelins, workshop of Jans fils. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has a similar tapestry (inv. BK-1959-59-B no. 92) woven in gold with a border, reverse weave H: 3.28 m W: 2.59 m. dimensions lot 205: H: 2,68 m including a fold of 0,32 m that is to say a total height of 3m L: 1,54 m As underlined by P. F. Bertrand, some of the weavings of Ovid's Metamorphoses come from the private workshops of the Gobelins' contractors and are not included in the official production of the Gobelins. The heads of the workshops worked from cartoons belonging to the king or from cartoons that belonged to them. Bibliography: - Jean Vittet- A .Brejon de Lavergnée, La collection de tapisseries de Louis XIV, Éditions Faton, 2011, p. 204. - P. F. Bertrand, La tenture des Métamorphoses des Gobelins, Bulletin du Centre de recherche de Versailles, 2018. H: 2.68 m including a fold of 0.32 m for a total height of 3m W: 1,54 m Beautiful weaving, wool and silk, unlined, several brittlenesses and snags notably in the sky, small beige braid surrounds the tapestry, restorations of use.
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