Colbert Visiting the Gobelins, ca. 1665, Etching, Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 3/8 in. (14.5 x 23.8 cm), Prints, Sébastien Leclerc I (French, Metz 1637–1714 Paris), This etching illustrates a visit to the Gobelins workshops by Colbert de Villacerf, Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi from 1691 to 1699. The workers are in the process of hanging one of a set of tapestries depicting the Story of Alexander, woven for Louis XIV after designs by Charles Le Brun
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Colbert Visiting, Gobelins, ca, 1665, Etching, Sheet, 5 11/16 x 9 3/8, 14.5 23.8 cm, Prints, Sébastien Leclerc I, French, Metz, 1637–1714, Paris, etching, illustrates, visit, Gobelins workshops, de, Villacerf, Surintendant des, Bâtiments, du, Roi, 1691, 1699, workers, process, hanging, set, tapestries depicting, Story, Alexander, woven, Louis XIV, designs, Charles Le, Brun
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