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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | French |
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Paris :
Herscher,
c1988
Paris : ©1988 |
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| Summary: | 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 painted in gouache on vellum. Each plate explained the symbolism of the emblem, with an added verse by Charles Perrault, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jacques de Cassagnes, and Jean Chapelin. The plates were later published as a book of engravings in 1670 |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: Bibliothèque nationale At head of title: Bibliothèque nationale Reproduction of a manuscript in the Bibliotheque nationale Paris, painted by Jacques Bailly Reproduction of a manuscript in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, comprising miniatures of emblems, painted by Jacques Bailly, based on Gobelin tapestry designs |
| Physical Description: | 119 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 36 cm 119 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 36 cm 119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographies |
| ISBN: | 2733501615 9782733501610 |