Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries

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Illustrating a Spanish Novel in 18th-Century France

From the April issue of Apollo:

Charlotte Vignon welcomes Don Quixote to the Frick

During the years it takes to organise an exhibition, twists and turns occur, and these can result in delays or even a cancellation, creating a gap in a museum’s exhibition schedule. That was the situation we faced at the Frick Collection in spring 2013, and we opted to pull together a ‘replacement’ exhibition: a presentation of the museum’s two Flemish tapestries – which are usually kept in storage due to lack of space – with subjects drawn from Don Quixote. With these two beautiful pieces as the starting point, ‘Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth-Century France’ (until 17 May) was created in just 22 months – exactly the age of my daughter.

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