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Curatorial Narrative In 1838, Achille Jubinal’s Tapisseries de Beauvais 7 situates itself within the Gothic Revival movement, a period marked by a renewed interest in medieval aesthetics and a desire to recapture the opulence of a bygone era. The artist’s deployment of rich reds, golds, blues, and greens with accents of white and black serves to evoke an atmosphere of solemnity and reverence, while also underscoring the grandeur of the design. The tapestry’s visual mechanics are informed by its Gothic style, which is characterized by a sense of verticality and an emphasis on intricate detail. The subject matter, too, is figurative, drawing upon medieval iconography to convey a sense of narrative and drama. And yet, it is in the way Jubinal orchestrates the spatial rhythm and chromatic structure that the tapestry truly reveals its genius, creating a sense of atmospheric weight that draws the viewer inexorably into its depths. In it