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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 11 (1976)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 11

"The Story of the Emperor of China: A Beauvais Tapestry Series"

Standen, Edith A.

1976

15 pages

This title is out of print.

About the authors

Edith Standen

Met Art in Publication

The Audience of the Emperor from the series The Story of the Emperor of China, Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder French, Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.), French, Beauvais — The Audience of the Emperor from the series The Story of the Emperor of China
Multiple artists/makers
designed ca. 1685–90, woven ca. 1685–1740

Portrait of Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722)

Unidentified artist

18th century

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