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Tapestry showing Don Quixote Guided by Folly, Setting Forth to be a Knight-Errant
Woven at the Gobelins tapestry manufactory, Paris, 1699 - present1780-1783
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
The central scene of this tapestry follows the composition of one of the twenty-eight paintings Charles Coypel made of subjects from Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote. In this weaving, loosely based on part 1, chapter 8 of the book, Don Quixote is about to attack a windmill, which he sees as a threatening giant.
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- Title: Tapestry showing Don Quixote Guided by Folly, Setting Forth to be a Knight-Errant
- Creator Lifespan: 1699
- Creator Nationality: French
- Date Created: 1780-1783
- Location: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: 12 feet 2 inches x 11 feet 8 inches (370.8 x 355.6 cm)
- Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Widener Dixon, 1945
- Type: Textiles
- Rights: © 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
- External Link: Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Medium: Wool and silk; woven on a low-warp loom
- Workshop: In the workshop of Jacques Neilson, French (born England), 1714 - 1788
- Manuscript/Series/Book Title: From the seventh series of "The Story of Don Quixote" woven 1762-87 at Gobelins tapestry manufactory
- Manufacturer: Woven at the Gobelins tapestry manufactory, Paris, 1699 - present
- After artist: Central composition after a 1716 painting by Charles Antoine Coypel, French (active Paris), 1694 - 1752
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