Don Quixote tapestry cartoons

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Don Quixote tapestry cartoons are a celebrated series of 18th-century narrative paintings by Charles Coypel that humorously illustrate scenes from Miguel de Cervantes’ novel for use as designs for woven tapestries.

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instanceOf narrative art ⓘ
series of paintings ⓘ
tapestry cartoons ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance major visual interpretation of Don Quixote in 18th-century art ⓘ
artisticStyle comic exaggeration ⓘ
elegant courtly manner ⓘ
theatrical staging ⓘ
artMovement Rococo ⓘ
basedOn Don Quixote ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
circulation used as models for multiple tapestry series ⓘ
commissionedFor Gobelins Manufactory ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Charles Coypel ⓘ
culturalContext 18th-century French Rococo taste ⓘ
depicts chivalric fantasies ⓘ
comic misadventures of Don Quixote ⓘ
idealized Spanish settings ⓘ
interactions between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza ⓘ
satire of knighthood ⓘ
scenes from the novel Don Quixote ⓘ
function models for tapestry weavers ⓘ
genre humorous painting ⓘ
narrative painting ⓘ
hasCreatorRole Charles Coypel as premier peintre du roi (First Painter to the King) ⓘ
hasPart individual scenes illustrating episodes from Don Quixote ⓘ
iconography Rosinante (Don Quixote’s horse) ⓘ
linked to: Rocinante

knightly armor and lances ⓘ
windmills and rustic landscapes ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
influencedBy French court culture ⓘ
theatrical set design ⓘ
intendedAudience European aristocratic patrons ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions French ⓘ
mainSubject Don Quixote ⓘ
Sancho Panza ⓘ
medium painting ⓘ
narrativeForm sequential scenes ⓘ
narrativeMode comic narrative ⓘ
notableFor humorous interpretation of Cervantes’ novel ⓘ
popularity at the French royal court ⓘ
widespread reproduction in tapestries ⓘ
productionMethod oil painting on canvas (cartoons) ⓘ
relatedWork Gobelins Don Quixote tapestry series ⓘ
subjectGenre literary illustration ⓘ
use designs for woven tapestries ⓘ
models for Gobelins tapestries ⓘ

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Charles Coypel → notableWork → Don Quixote tapestry cartoons ⓘ
Charles Coypel → notableFor → Don Quixote tapestry series ⓘ
linked to: Don Quixote tapestry cartoons