Charles Poerson, 1652 - The Wedding at Cana. Sketch for the board of the woven tapestry hangings for the "Life of the Virgin" for the Notre Dame cathedral. - fine art print

What does the Musée Carnavalet Paris write about this 17th century work of art painted by Charles Poerson? (© - by Musée Carnavalet Paris - www.carnavalet.paris.fr)

Fourteen tapestries devoted to the "Life of the Virgin" once adorned the chancel of Notre Dame. Commissioned by Canon Michel Lefort and the woven between 1638 and 1657, the tapestries were executed after cartoons of Philippe de Champaigne (the first two), Jacques Stella (third) and Poerson (the last one). The hanging was sold to the Strasbourg Cathedral in 1739. The Carnavalet museum has three other sketches and drawings Poerson for this hanging: the "Annunciation (P2321), the" Nativity "(P2476), the" Rest on the Flight Egypt "(P2816) and" Visitation "(D14923).

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The 17th century painting was painted by Charles Poerson in 1652. The 360 years old painting had the following size: Height: 54 cm, Width: 64 cm. The original artwork's inscription is the following: Signing of the running - Signed lower right, on the riser: "C Poerson". This artwork is included in the Musée Carnavalet Paris's digital art collection. This masterpiece, which is part of the public domain is provided with courtesy of Musée Carnavalet Paris.Additionally, the artpiece has the following creditline: . Further, the alignment is landscape and has a side ratio of 1.2 : 1, meaning that the length is 20% longer than the width.

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