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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 33 (1998)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 33

"The Tapestry Weaver and the King: Philippe Behagle and Louis XIV"

Standen, Edith A.

1998

22 pages

This title is out of print.

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Edith Appleton Standen

Met Art in Publication

Musicians and Dancers from a set of five Grotesques, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer French, Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), French, Beauvais — Musicians and Dancers from a set of five Grotesques
Multiple artists/makers
designed ca. 1688, woven ca. 1690–1711

Boreas and Orithyia from a set of scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, René Antoine Houasse French, Wool, silk, metal thread (19-22 warps per inch, 7-9 per cm.), French, Beauvais — Boreas and Orithyia from a set of scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses
René Antoine Houasse
Beauvais
designed ca. 1690, woven before 1730

Dish (part of a service), Meissen Manufactory German, Hard-paste porcelain, German, Meissen — Dish (part of a service)
Multiple artists/makers
model introduced 1738

Louis XIV at the Siege of Douai, Seen from the South-East (July 1–6, 1667), Adam Frans van der Meulen Flemish, Black chalk, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink — Louis XIV at the Siege of Douai, Seen from the South-East (July 1–6, 1667)
Adam Frans van der Meulen
17th century

Louis XIV at the Siege of Tournai, Seen from the North-East (June 21–25, 1667), Adam Frans van der Meulen Flemish, Black chalk, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink — Louis XIV at the Siege of Tournai, Seen from the North-East (June 21–25, 1667)
Adam Frans van der Meulen
n.d.

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