UNKNOWN WEAVER, French
(active 1638-1657 in Paris)

Scenes from the Life of the Virgin

1638-57
Tapestry
Cathedral Museum, Strasbourg

This tapestry is part of a set of fourteen with scenes from the life of the Virgin, woven between 1637 and 1658 for the choir of the Cathedral of Paris. The cartoons were designed by Philippe de Champaigne and other 17th-century French masters.