Devises pour les tapisseries du roi /

Discusses the 8 tapestries designed by Charles Le Brun for Louis XIV, depicting the 4 seasons and the 4 elements. Each tapestry featured a decorative border with a symbolic emblem in each corner. In 1664 or 1665 the 32 emblems were reproduced by the miniaturist J. Bailly as descriptive plates painte...

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Main Author:	Bailly, Jacques, 1629-1679
Corporate Authors:	Bibliothèque nationale (France), Bibliothèque nationale de France
Other Authors:	Fumaroli, Marc, Fumaroli, Mare, Grivel, Marianne
Format:	Book
Language:	French
Published:	Paris : Herscher, c1988 Paris : ©1988
Subjects:	Bailly, Jacques, > 1629-1679 Bibliothèque nationale (France) > Manuscript. > Français 7819. 1600-1699 Emblems > France Gobelin tapestry Miniature painting, French Emblems and Insignia History

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