PROSIMETRON: Primavera, mas pouco

Seasons and Elements (Spring) (set of four) Possibly after a design by Charles Le Brun

(French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris),
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designer: Border probably designed by Jean Lemoyen le Lorrain (1637/38–1709)

Patron: Commissioned for Marquise de Montespan (1641–1707)

Date: ca. 1683

Culture: French, Paris

Medium: Canvas; silk, wool, and metal-thread embroidery in tent stitch (316 stitches per sq. inch, 49 per sq. cm.)

Dimensions: L. 164 x W. 108 inches (416.6 x 274.3 cm)

Classification: Textiles-Embroidered

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1946

Accession Number: 46.43.1

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