Cécile Fromont – The Discreet Charm of the Old Indies. Kongo, Brazil, and Colonial Fantasy in a French Baroque Tapestry
Kantorowicz Lecture A tropical menagerie set in a lush landscape surrounds almost imperceptible human characters and architectural structures in the eight tableaux of the Old Indies, a Baroque tapestry from the French Royal Factory of the Gobelins. Interrogating the sources, provenance, and reception of the visual program that made their success from the 17th century […]