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TAPESTRY, AUBUSSON, AFTER 1680, AFTER CARTOONS BY CHARLES LE…
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246
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TAPESTRY, AUBUSSON, AFTER 1680, AFTER CARTOONS BY CHARLES LE…
See original version (French)
Estimate €5,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
TAPESTRY, AUBUSSON, AFTER 1680, AFTER CARTOONS BY CHARLES LEBRUN (1619-1690), FOR THE HANGING OF THE STORY OF ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER IN FRONT OF THE TENT OF DARIUS WITH THE QUEENS OF PERSIA
wool and silk; its vertical borders, with a black background, decorated with vases of flowers, cannons, shields and suns. The associated horizontal borders have a brown background and are decorated with scrolls, ribbons and foliage (patchworked pieces).
Sysigambis, mother of Darius, has mistaken Ephestion for Alexander, and throws herself at his feet to ask his forgiveness. Alexander replies that Ephestion is someone else.
Bearing on the back a bolduc of restoration by the Ateliers Chevalier
(Damage, missing parts and restorations)
265 x 386 CM - 104.3 x 152 IN.
See original version (French)
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