Minneapolis Institute of Art

Heralds on Horseback

Designer: attributed to Laurent Guyot; Weaver: Faubourg Saint-Marcel manufactory of Marc de Comans and François de la Planche; Designer: Border design by Guillaume Dumée; Cartoonist: Laurent Guyot and workshop; Cartoonist: and Guillaume Dumée

Date

designed 1610–1612 (woven 1611–1627)

Medium

Wool, silk, tapestry weave

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Objects of art are frequently used to display the owner's wealth and power as well as their aesthetic sensitivity. In Europe, tapestries were particularly popular not only because they made a bold statement by their size alone, but also because they were a portable form of art which could be taken down, rolled up, and transported to another site to be displayed and impress a new audience. France

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