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BY FRANCOIS PICQUEAUX, AUBUSSON, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XV MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
BY FRANCOIS PICQUEAUX, AUBUSSON, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Depicting Zeus in the form of an eagle and a white bull, from 'The Story of Europe', signed '.picqveavx.' lacking borders
10 ft. 1 ½ in. (309 cm.) high; 13 ft. (397 cm.) wide
BY FRANCOIS PICQUEAUX, AUBUSSON, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Depicting Zeus in the form of an eagle and a white bull, from 'The Story of Europe', signed '.picqveavx.' lacking borders
10 ft. 1 ½ in. (309 cm.) high; 13 ft. (397 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired by Ogden Mills for the Hôtel de Broglie, 73 rue de Varenne, Paris.
Thence by descent.
Thence by descent.
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