Winter, Cybele Begs for the Sun's Return (detail), 1692-93. Design by Pierre Mignard, 480 x 625 cm (189 x 246 1/16 in.) © Le Mobilier National. Photo by Lawrence Perquis
Apollo & Arachne: Louis XIV and the French Royal Collection of Tapestries
GETTY CENTER
Museum Lecture Hall
Art historians and tapestry scholars present new research about the French royal collection of tapestries assembled during the 72-year reign (1643-1715) of Louis XIV. Topics range from the strategic acquisition of revered antique sets, to the iconographic power of new commissions, to the reception and dissemination of Gobelins weavings among private patrons.
