Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Heralds on Horseback

AMICA ID: 
MIA_.48.13.5
AMICA Library Year: 
1998
Object Type: 
Textiles
Creator Name: 
Guyot, Laurent
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
central design and central cartoon
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
attributed to Laurent Guyot
Creator Name: 
Dumée, Guillaume
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
border design and cartoon
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Guillaume Dumée
Creator Name: 
Guyot, Laurent
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
border design and cartoon
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Laurent Guyot
Title: 
The Heralds on Horseback
View: 
Front
Creation Date: 
about 1611 - 1627
Creation Start Date: 
1611
Creation End Date: 
1627
Materials and Techniques: 
silk, wool
Classification Term: 
tapestries
Creation Place: 
Paris
Dimensions: 
H.162-5/8 x W.238 in., irregular
Component Measured: 
overall
Measurement Unit: 
in
AMICA Contributor: 
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 
48.13.5
Credit Line: 
The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
Inscriptions: 
MARK
Rights: 
Context: 

Objects of art are frequently used to display the owner's wealth and power as well as their aesthetic sensitivity. In Europe, tapestries were particularly popular not only because they made a bold statement by their size alone, but also because they were a portable form of art which could be taken down, rolled up, and transported to another site to be displayed and impress a new audience.

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