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Sully at the Feet of Henri IV from a set of The History of France

Designer Designed by Jean Jacques François Le Barbier French
Workshop of Pierre François Cozette French
1788–92
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  • Title: Sully at the Feet of Henri IV from a set of The History of France
  • Designer: Designed by Jean Jacques François Le Barbier (French, Rouen 1738–1826 Paris)
  • Manufactory: Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662)
  • Maker: Workshop of Pierre François Cozette (French, Paris 1714–1801 Paris)
  • Date: 1788–92
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Wool, silk (22-23 warps per inch, 9-10 per cm.)
  • Dimensions: 12 ft. 2 in. × 10 ft. (370.8 × 304.8 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Admiral Frederic R. Harris Gift, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.58.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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