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Still Life with Silver, Alexandre François Desportes French, Oil on canvas — Still Life with Silver
Alexandre François Desportes
1720s

Hawk and three pheasants, Savonnerie Manufactory, Wool (108 knots per sq. inch, 17 per sq. cm.), French, Paris — Hawk and three pheasants
Manufactory Savonnerie Manufactory
Designer Probably after a design by Alexandre François Desportes
1719–72

The Memorable Judgment of Sancho Panza from a series of tapestries with scenes from Don Quixote (number twenty-four in a series of twenty-eight), Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins French, Wool, silk (18-21 warps per inch, 8 per cm.), French, Paris — The Memorable Judgment of Sancho Panza from a series of tapestries with scenes from Don Quixote (number twenty-four in a series of twenty-eight)
Multiple artists/makers
designed 1727–55, woven April 1752–Dec. 24, 1754

Trophies and birds, Savonnerie Manufactory, Wool (120 knots per sq. inch, 19 per sq. cm.), French, Paris — Trophies and birds
Manufactory Savonnerie Manufactory
Designer Probably after a design by Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay the Elder
Designer Possibly after a design by Alexandre François Desportes
1715–50

Panthers of Bacchus Eating Grapes, Alexandre François Desportes French, Oil on paper, laid down on card (paste-paper) — Panthers of Bacchus Eating Grapes
Alexandre François Desportes
ca. 1719–20

River Landscape, Alexandre François Desportes French, Oil on paper, laid down on wood — River Landscape
Alexandre François Desportes
ca. 1690–1700

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