La Psiche de Jean-Baptiste Poquelin alias Molière

1747 as a commission to Charles Antoine Coypel by the Dauphin Louis Ferdinand de Bourbon and Princess Maria Josepha of Poland and Saxony on the occasion of their marriage as a gift for the bride's mother, Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony, Maria Josepha; 1768 listed in the Gardemeubles inventories under “Cap. I. Tapeten oder Meubles”; Listed in 1920 in the Dresden Castle inventory of the “Gobelinzimmer vor der Reitschule”; recorded in 1942 in the “Bergungsliste von Objekten mit besonderem Wert” compiled by the castle administrator Johannes Bibrach and the head of the castle pension office Hugo Bahr; Together with the other 19 tapestries listed, they were stored on a total of 8 rolls in the Green Vault; in 1943, the “[…] 8 Rollen Gobelins.” were relocated to Schleinitz Castle near Meissen to Schleinitz Castle near Meissen; Since the end of the Second World War, the 4 tapestries in the series have been considered lost. A loss in connection with the events of the Second World War is assumed.