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Tapestry

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: tapestry
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Classification Terms:
           decorative arts
           textiles
           European art
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Titles or Names Text: Striped Horse from the Old Indies Series
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository

Text: Le Cheval Rayé
    Preference: alternate
    Type: repository

Text: Royal Hunt
    Preference: alternate
    Type: descriptive
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Creation Creator Description: Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (French, active from 1662 to the present), after drawings by Albert Eckhout (Dutch, ca. 1610-1665) and Frans Post (Dutch, 1612-1680) Free text
  Identity: Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Role: manufactory

Extent: after drawing by
Identity: Eckhout, Albert
Role: designer

Extent: after drawing by
Identity: Post, Frans
Role: designer
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  Creation Date: ca. 1690/1730
Earliest: 1680 Latest: 1740
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  Creation Place/Original Location: Paris (France) Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 326 x 580.2 cm (10 feet 10 inches x 18 feet 10 inches) Free text
  Value: 326 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 580.2 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: wool and silk Free text
  Material Names:  
        wool
        silk
Technque Names:  
        weaving
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Subject Matter Indexing terms:
         object (utilitarian)
         animals
         zebra
         birds
         leopard
         rhinoceros
         human figures
         hunt
         travel
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Descriptive Note Text: The subject is the hunt, with the accompanying exotic flora, fauna, and people. Studies made by two Dutch artists during an exploratory expedition to Brazil from 1637 to 1644 were the inspiration for this tapestry. The newly appointed Dutch governor, Prince Johan Maurits of Nassau, led a group of scientists and artists, including Albert Eckhout and Frans Post, to Brazil, where they studied and painted the unusual plant and animal life of this country. Free text
  Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online
Page: accessed 24 July 2005
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Related Works Broader Context: Les anciennes Indes; tapestry series; Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (French, active from 1662 to the present); produced from 1687 through 1730; Paris (France). Authority
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Repository Number: 92.DD.21
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Revised 6 December 2006