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Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor
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Caesar Crowned by Fame (detail)
From a set of the Story of Caesar
Design and cartoon by an artist tentatively identified here as Charles Poerson, ca. 1650–67
Woven in the workshop of Jean or Hieronymus Le Clerc, Brussels, ca. 1660–80
Wool and silk; 12 ft. 3 1/4 in. x 13 ft. 4 1/4 in. (374 x 407 cm)
Kunstkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (T CV2 2)
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This dramatic scene and the series to which it belongs is undocumented, but it can be ascribed on stylistic grounds to the French artist Charles Poerson, who created at least four other tapestry series for the Brussels workshops depicting scenes from the Old Testament and classical history. Poerson's work embodied a classicizing French manner, whose polish and painterly style contrasted with the designs of the Rubens and Jordaens school that had been so popular during the 1630s, 40s, and 50s. Poerson's designs were to enjoy considerable success in Brussels tapestry production during the last third of the seventeenth century and were to be highly influential on the next generation of Brussels cartoonists.
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