The Memorable Judgment of Sancho Panza from a series of tapestries wit

A woven tapestry with a central scene of figures gathered beneath a draped canopy on a tiled floor, two men in the foreground gesturing toward a seated judge. The scene sits in a gilded cartouche within a border of flower garlands, ribbons, a peacock, dogs and rams.

Look closer: A small peacock perched in the upper center of the border, above the canopy.

Artist

Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins

Date

designed 1727–55, woven April 1752–Dec. 24, 1754

Medium

Wool, silk (18-21 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 3119 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Nanaline H. Duke and Miss Doris Duke, 1952