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Camel

Alexandre-François Desportes

Quirinale Palace

Quirinale Palace
Rome, Italy

The tapestry the Camel (actually a dromedary), is part of the series of Tapestries The New Indies which illustrates the tropical environment of the "New World" with details of plants and animals of extraordinary realism, juxtaposed in imaginative compositions corresponding to the taste seven hundredth for exotic subjects

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  • Title: Camel
  • Creator: Manifattura Gobelins, prodotta nell'atelier di Jacques Neilson tra il 1771 e il 1786 su cartoni dipinti da François Desportes tra il 1735-1737 e il 1741.
  • Photographer: Francesco Taurisano
  • Location in the Palace: Hall of the Zodiac
Quirinale Palace

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