Tapestries

detail of tapestry depicting guests at an outdoor wedding including seated man eating and a donkey grazing.
Two Rediscovered Tapestries

After an initial preview last summer, visitors were again able to enjoy two eighteenth-century tapestries woven by the Brussels workshop of Peter van den Hecke (c. 1752).

detail of tapestry depicting guests at a wedding in 18th century dress dancing outdoors.
Two Tapestries Reinstalled
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During the winter of 2002 to 2003, visitors enjoyed two eighteenth-century tapestries woven by the Brussels workshop of Peter van den Hecke (c. 1752).

Painting of men and women at a ball
Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth-Century France
Link to introductory video for Coypel's Don Quixote Tapestries
Coypel's Don Quixote Tapestries: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth-Century France

Charlotte Vignon, Curator of Decorative Arts, introduces the exhibition Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries, Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth-Century France, on view at the Frick Collection until May 17, 2015. For more information about this exhibition, please visit www.frick.org/donquixote. Click here for detailed image credits.