Don Quixote series for the Gobelins Manufactory
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The "Don Quixote" series for the Gobelins Manufactory is a celebrated set of tapestry designs illustrating scenes from Cervantes’ novel, created for France’s royal tapestry workshop in the 18th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don Quixote series for the Gobelins Manufactory canonical | 1 |
| Gobelins Don Quixote tapestry series | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic cycle
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tapestry design series ⓘ |
| artForm | tapestry ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | important example of literary-themed tapestry cycles ⓘ |
| artisticTradition |
Manufacture des Gobelins
ⓘ
surface form:
Gobelins tapestry tradition
|
| artMovement |
Rococo
ⓘ
surface form:
French Rococo
|
| associatedWith |
Manufacture des Gobelins
ⓘ
surface form:
French royal tapestry workshop
|
| basedOn | Don Quixote ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ |
| commissionedFor |
Manufacture des Gobelins
ⓘ
surface form:
Gobelins Manufactory
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
18th-century European reception of Cervantes
ⓘ
French royal decorative arts ⓘ |
| depicts | scenes from the novel Don Quixote ⓘ |
| depictsCharacter |
Don Quixote
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Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ Sancho Panza ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Don Quixote
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surface form:
adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
|
| genre |
narrative art
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tapestry cartoon series ⓘ |
| hasPart |
individual scenes from different episodes of Don Quixote
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multiple tapestry panels ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Cervantes’ picaresque narrative ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | royal and aristocratic patrons ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
highly detailed narrative scenes
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translation of literary episodes into tapestry form ⓘ |
| patron |
French monarchy
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French royal court ⓘ |
| period | Ancien Régime France ⓘ |
| productionSite |
Manufacture des Gobelins
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surface form:
Gobelins Manufactory
|
| productionTechnique | woven wool and silk tapestry ⓘ |
| relatedWork | other Gobelins tapestry series based on literary subjects ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
chivalric adventures
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comic episodes ⓘ idealism and illusion ⓘ |
| use |
interior furnishing for royal residences
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royal decoration ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gobelins Don Quixote tapestry series