BeijingObservatoryUpdateTapestry.png
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Summary
Artist |
Beauvais Manufactory
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Description |
English:
An late 17th to early 18th century tapestry done by the Beauvais Manufactory depicting Chinese astronomers at the Beijing Ancient Observatory using new more accurate instruments brought to them by Europeans (Jesuits) which were installed in 1644.
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Date |
between 1697 and 1705
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1697-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1705-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Source/Photographer | The J. Paul Getty Museum |
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