LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tapestry, woven in silks and wools

Measurements:

145.67 in. (370.00 cm.) (height) by 185.04 in. (470.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated to the lower right corner 'COZETTE 1758'

Provenance:

Woven in 1758, this tapestry remained in the Gobelins factory storage, recorded in the inventory dated 1 January 1791.Given by Napoleon I to the Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1810, with some other tapestries.Baron de Gunzbourg, Paris; sold Galerie Georges Petit, 30 January 1884.Collection Mme. Sluys.Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 25-26 June 1983, lot 320.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 June 1989, lot 49.Galerie Chevalier, June 1989-September 1990.Private Swiss Collection.Galerie Chevalier, from whom purchased by Dr. Sommer in November 1999.