Highlights
The Zebra (Le cheval rayé) from the series ‘Les Nouvelles Indes’
- Artist
- Alexandre-François Desportes
- Locality
- Manufacture royale des tapisseries, Paris
- Date
- between 1738 and 1808
- Material
- Silk, wool, metal
- Dimensions
- H. 423 cm
- Location
- Gallery 94
- Inventory Number
- T 3958
- Acquisition
- Assigned from Nymphenburg Palace in 1858
- Epoch
- Baroque and Rococo
- Categories
- Textiles
Description
The tapestry shows a zebra being attacked by a leopard in a river landscape, surrounded by other exotic animals and plants. The tapestry has a surprising wealth of colourful and imaginative details. In 1810, Emperor Napoleon presented this and another tapestry from the venerable Gobelin manufactory as diplomatic gifts to the Bavarian King Max I Joseph and his wife Karoline; the same year in which the Paris Treaty between France and Bavaria was concluded for the regional consolidation of territories. The imperial 'N' woven into the textile gold frame can hardly be overlooked.
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