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Young Woman Holding a Mask

1725
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Young Woman Holding a Mask
  • Artist: After a painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre (French, 1651–1717)
  • Artist: After an engraving after Santerre by Nicolas Chasteau (French, Paris 1680–ca. 1750 Paris)
  • Manufactory: Woven in the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662)
  • Workshop director: Woven under the direction of Jean Jacques Jans (French, ca. 1671–1731)
  • Date: 1725
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Wool, silk (22-26 warps per inch, 9-10 per cm.)
  • Dimensions: 38 × 30 1/2 in. (96.5 × 77.5 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.132
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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