Lot n° 198
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AUBUSSON TAPESTRY * DEPICTING - Lot 198
AUBUSSON TAPESTRY * DEPICTING
depicting Alexander's Entry into Babylon
After Charles Le Brun (1619-1690).
Second half of the 17th century.
H : 240 cm, W : 430 cm.
(Restorations).
Charles Le Brun's cartoons for the History of Alexander hanging, originally intended for the Manufacture des Gobelins, are now in the Musée du Louvre (450 cm x 770 cm). A tapestry woven at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins depicting Alexander's Entry into Babylon has adorned the King's bedroom at the Château de Versailles since 1947.
A similar tapestry was sold at the Beaussant-Lefèbre auction house in Paris on December 2, 2011, lot 284 (290 cm x 480 cm), and another is in the Musée Vuillot Saint Germain in Pezenas (Hérault).
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