Object/Work
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Catalog Level:
item
Type:
tapestry
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Classification
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Terms:
decorative arts
textiles
European art
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Titles or Names
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Text:
Striped Horse from the Old Indies Series
Preference:
preferred
Type: repository
Text:
Le Cheval Rayé
Preference:
alternate
Type: repository
Text:
Royal Hunt
Preference:
alternate
Type: descriptive
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Creation
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Creator Description:
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (French, active from
1662 to the present), after drawings by Albert Eckhout
(Dutch, ca. 1610-1665) and Frans Post (Dutch, 1612-1680)
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Identity:
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Role:
manufactory
Extent: after drawing by
Identity:
Eckhout, Albert
Role:
designer
Extent: after drawing by
Identity:
Post, Frans
Role:
designer
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Creation Date:
ca. 1690/1730
Earliest:
1680 Latest:
1740
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Creation Place/Original Location: Paris
(France)
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description:
326 x 580.2 cm (10 feet 10 inches x 18 feet 10 inches)
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Value: 326 Unit: cm
Type: height
Value: 580.2 Unit: cm
Type: width
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Materials and Techniques
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Description:
wool and silk
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Material Names:
wool
silk
Technque Names:
weaving
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Subject Matter
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Indexing terms:
object
(utilitarian)
animals
zebra
birds
leopard
rhinoceros
human
figures
hunt
travel
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Descriptive Note
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Text: The subject is the hunt, with
the accompanying exotic flora, fauna, and people.
Studies made by two Dutch artists during an exploratory
expedition to Brazil from 1637 to 1644 were the inspiration
for this tapestry. The newly appointed Dutch governor,
Prince Johan Maurits of Nassau, led a group of scientists
and artists, including Albert Eckhout and Frans Post,
to Brazil, where they studied and painted the unusual
plant and animal life of this country.
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Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online
Page: accessed 24 July 2005
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Related Works
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Broader Context: Les anciennes Indes;
tapestry series; Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (French,
active from 1662 to the present); produced from 1687
through 1730; Paris (France).
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Current
Location |
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States)
Repository Number:
92.DD.21
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Revised 6 December 2006