File:The Elephant from a set of five Grotesques MET DT1843.jpg

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The Elephant from a set of five Grotesques   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory    wikidata:Q2566130
 
Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory
Alternative names
Beauvais tapestry; Beauvais Tapestry Manufacture; Beauvais Tapestry Works; Royal Manufactory Beauvais
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q2566130
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer  (1636–1699)  wikidata:Q3087909
 
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
Description Spanish-French painter, printmaker and designer
Date of birth/death 12 January 1636 / 19 July 1636 Edit this at Wikidata 22 February 1699
Location of birth/death Lille London
Work location
Paris; London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3087909
Philippe Behagle  (1641–1705)  wikidata:Q82800530
 
Alternative names
Philippe Béhagle
Description tapestry dealer and manufactory director
Date of birth/death 27 July 1641 Edit this at Wikidata 23 July 1705 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Oudenaarde Beauvais
Work location
Paris (1660–1672); Tournai (1677–1684); Oudenaarde (1672–1677); Beauvais (1684–1705) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q82800530
Creator:Jesn Berain I
Guy Louis Vernansal I  (1648–1729)  wikidata:Q17483904
 
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 12 July 1648 Edit this at Wikidata 9 April 1729 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Fontainebleau Paris
Work period 1663 Edit this at Wikidata–1729 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Padua; Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q17483904
Title
The Elephant from a set of five Grotesques
Description
French, Beauvais; Tapestry; Textiles-Tapestries
Date designed ca. 1688, woven ca. 1690–1711
Medium Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
Dimensions Overall (confirmed): 116 x 181 in. (294.6 x 459.7 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Accession number
1977.437.3
Credit line Gift of John M. Schiff, 1977
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/229569

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Berain Grotesques (set of five) - tapestry, style of Jean Berain, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Border designed by Jean Berain, Beauvais (MET, 1977.437.1–.5)

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