Rinaldo and Armida

17th century

Simon Vouet, Artist Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory, Manufacturer Alexandre de Comans, Weaver

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About the Artwork

Title Rinaldo and Armida

Artwork Date 17th century

Makers Simon Vouet (Artist) French, 1590 - 1649 Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (Manufacturer) French, active 1662 - present Alexandre de Comans (Weaver) French

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Dimensions Overall: 135 1/4 inches × 16 feet 9 1/2 inches (3 m 43.5 cm × 5 m 11.8 cm)

Classification Tapestries

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Bequest of Anna E. Kresge

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 47.402

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Marks Marked, weaver's mark of Alexandre de Comans (right guard, bottom).

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Anna E. Kresge

1948-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Coulin Weibel, A. "An Early Gobelins Tapestry," Bulletin of the DIA 30, no. 1 (1950): p. 4 (ill.).

Chefs-d'oeuvre de la tapisserie parisienne (1597-1662). Exh. cat., Orangerie du Versailles. 1967, p. 30 [mentioned as comparative object].

Woven Splendor: Five Centuries of European Tapestry at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, July-September 1996, mentioned in checklist, p. 75.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Alexandre de Comans; Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory; after Simon Vouet, Rinaldo and Armida, 17th century. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Anna E. Kresge, 47.402.

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