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A PAIR OF BEAUVAIS HISTORICAL TAPESTRIES by Unknown

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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (17 Apr 2024)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Apr 17, 2024
Christie'sNew YorkA Park Avenue Collection54
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A PAIR OF BEAUVAIS HISTORICAL TAPESTRIES
Artwork Description
Category

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Signature

Entitled "Alcibiade Chez Les Femmes, Surpris Par Socrate" and "Aristotle Amoreux Trainant Le Char D"Aspasie Surpris Par Alexandre"

Provenance

Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), acquired in Paris circa 1793-4.

Highly Important Furniture Purchased by Gouverneur Morris in Paris; Christie"s, New York, 22 November 1983, lot 221.

Exhibited

The Eye of Thomas Jefferson , The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1976, nos. 385 and 386

Literature

J. Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries de Beauvais , Paris, 1909, p. 67.

H. Göbel, Wandteppiche , vol. II, Leipzig, 1928, pl. II.

L. Schreider III, "Gouverneur Morris, Connoisseur of French Art," Apollo , June 1971, pp. 472 and 476.

W. H. Adams, ed ., The Eye of Thomas Jefferson , Charlottesville, 1976, p. 219.

Description

A PAIR OF BEAUVAIS HISTORICAL TAPESTRIES

AFTER DESIGNS BY MONSIAU, CIRCA 1792

Entitled "Alcibiade Chez Les Femmes, Surpris Par Socrate" and "Aristotle Amoreux Trainant Le Char D"Aspasie Surpris Par Alexandre", reduced in size

9 ft. 3 in. (2 m. 82 cm.) x 8 ft. 3 in. (2 m. 51.5 cm.), the slightly larger

9 ft. 3 in. (2 m. 82 cm.) x 8 ft. 1 in. (2 m. 46.5 cm.), the slightly smaller