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The Four Elements: Neptune as Water

1699 (design); 1771/1789 (weaving)

Claude Audran III

Designer, French, 1658 - 1734

Gobelins Tapestry Factory

Weaver, est. 1662

Medium

wool and silk
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)
Dimensions

overall: 308.6 × 219.7 cm (121 1/2 × 86 1/2 in.)
Accession

2015.19.3980

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

Antiquities to Impressionism: The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1932

Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1932: 75, no. 2254.

Wikidata ID

Q62288146

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