Royal Factory of Tapestries and Rugs of St. Barbara
factory, Pastrana, Spain
Also known as: Real Fábrica de Tapices y Alfombras de Santa Barbara, Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara Factory
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manufacture of tapestry
- In tapestry: 17th and 18th centuries
…Alfombras de Santa Barbara (Royal Factory of Tapestries and Rugs of St. Barbara) in 1720 at Madrid, however, that important tapestry was produced in Spain. Initially, the weavers and director were Flemings. The first tapestries made at Santa Barbara were woven from the cartoons of such Flemish Baroque painters…
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works of Goya
- In Francisco Goya: Early training and career
…engaged until 1792, for the Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Bárbara. These paintings of scenes of contemporary life, of aristocratic and popular pastimes, were begun under the direction of the German artist Anton Raphael Mengs, a great exponent of Neoclassicism who, after Tiepolo’s death, had become undisputed art dictator at…
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