Design for a Tapestry: Allegory of Africa
date: label: Date
content: 1660-1680
name: label: Artist
content: Gérard Audran, French, 1640–1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A central group of women are flanked at left by a river god and at right by three figures. The Queen of Africa, crowned with ostrich feathers is shown seated holding a mace. At her right stands a woman who carries a sheaf of grain with her left arm and holds aloft a feather or offering with her raised right hand. She wears the head of an elephant as a headdress; a lion accompanies her. A third woman is seated beside the Queen and looks toward her while pointing to the left.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-409
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and brown ink, black wash, white gouache,over black chalk on laid paper. Framing lines in pen and black ink.
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 28.5 x 35.5 cm (11 1/4 x 14 in.)