Indian fishermen. Eeckhout, Albert van der (Dutch, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Post, Frans Jansz (Dutch, 1612-1680) (cartoon creator) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (altered design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (altered design) [painter] Houasse, René-Antoine (French, 1645-1710) (altered design) [painter] Bonnemer, Francois (French, ) (altered design) [painter] c. 1687-1723 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Vereniging Rem
Indian fishermen. Eeckhout, Albert van der (Dutch, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Post, Frans Jansz (Dutch, 1612-1680) (cartoon creator) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (altered design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (altered design) [painter] Houasse, René-Antoine (French, 1645-1710) (altered design) [painter] Bonnemer, Francois (French, ) (altered design) [painter] c. 1687-1723 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Vereniging Rembrandt, 1968. Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum. Amongst exotic plants & trees, standing male figure drawing bow (R) as seated female figure holding a basket of flowers in right hand watches; 2 fishermen in water (L), also watching the scene, draw net filled with fish; birds in tree & flying in distance (BRD) picture-frame border with spiral acanthus leaves & guilloche band; acanthus agrafe in corners This panel is a variation on "les Pêcheurs", with a minute difference in the composition: the indigenous female figure holding the flower basket is aligned with that of the fisherman on the right hand-side in the water. In other examples, the composition remains the same, except for the female figure which shifted slightly to the right. There is a closely related tapestry (GCPA 0242181) mentioned below, in the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris which was exhibited in "Les Fastes de la Tapisserie" from April 17 to June 17, 1984; in exhibit. cat. One must note that scholars are not always unanimous as to whether some tapestries are from Les Indes or the Nouvelles Indes series. Rijksmuseum, Bulletinvanhet 4 (1969), 182 & 185 Fénaille, Gobelins 2 (1903-1923), 371-98 Krotoff, La tenture des ancienne (1984), 22 Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André (1984), 94-95 Whitehead, A portrait of Dutch 17th century Brazil Related Works: A very similar tapestry (with identical bor
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