The Departure of the Ottoman Embassy from the Tuileries
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.In this tapestry woven after a painting by Parrocel, Mehmed Efendi, the Ottoman ambassador of 1721, processes through the Tuileries on horseback—accompanied by his entourage, flanked by ranks of French soldiers, and watched over by teeming Parisian crowds. Products from luxury goods makers were used to cultivate diplomatic relationships. The ambassador visited the Gobelins factory, where he saw skilled weavers working from painted models and commented on the naturalism and emotion of their woven human figures.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Departure of the Ottoman Embassy from the Tuileries
- Workshop director: Workshop of Le Febvre and
- Workshop director: Matthieu Monmerqué (French, active ca. 1725–1749)
- Designer: After a design by Charles Parrocel (French, Paris 1688–1752 Paris)
- Date: 1734–1736/37
- Culture: French
- Medium: Wool and silk
- Dimensions: 13 ft. 9 3/8 in. × 19 ft. 2 5/16 in., 379.2 lb. (420 × 585 cm, 172 kg)
- Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
- Credit Line: Mobilier National, Paris (GMTT/184/2)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts