Colbert Visiting the Gobelins
This etching illustrates a visit to the Gobelins workshops by Colbert de Villacerf, Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi from 1691 to 1699. The workers are in the process of hanging one of a set of tapestries depicting the Story of Alexander, woven for Louis XIV after designs by Charles Le Brun.
Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
c. 1665
Etching
14.5 x 23.8cm
53.600.2612
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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