Title:
The Memorable Judgment of Sancho Panza from a series of tapestries with scenes from Don Quixote (number twenty-four in a series of twenty-eight)
Manufactory:
Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662)
Designer:
Charles Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1694–1752 Paris) (central pictorial panel, in 1727)
Designer:
Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay the Elder (French, Caen 1653–1715 Paris) (alentour, 1714–51)
Designer:
Claude Audran III (French, Lyons 1658–1734 Paris) (alentour, 1714–51)
Designer:
Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay the Younger (French, Paris 1688–1730 Paris) (allentour, 1714-51)
Designer:
Alexandre François Desportes (French, Champigneulle 1661–1743 Paris) (alentour, 1714–51)
Workshop director:
Woven under the direction of Michel Audran (French, 1701–1771 Paris)
Date:
designed 1727–55, woven April 1752–Dec. 24, 1754
Culture:
French, Paris
Medium:
Wool, silk (18-21 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions:
12 ft. 3 in. × 15 ft. 9 in. (373.4 × 480.1 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Nanaline H. Duke and Miss Doris Duke, 1952
Object Number:
52.215