Tapestry with Roxane and Atalide
Also titled Wandtapijt met Roxane en Atalide
Manufacture Royale des Gobelins
1776
- Medium
- wool, silk
- Classification
- tapestry
- Dimensions
- height 325 cm x width 175 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Depicted here is a scene from Bajazet, a play by the 17th-century French writer Jean Racine. This tapestry is part of a series with scenes from operas, comedies and tragedies designed by Coypel in 1748. Six sets were woven in total. This tapestry belongs to the last set. Such series served as decoration for formal rooms, particularly in palaces.
