Collation. Vernansal, Guy-Louis (French, 1648-1729) (autor of design, attr.) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (author of design) [painter] c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'2" x W 11'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from J. Seligmann Sons, received 6/15/1920 (or 12/23/1920); sold to I. M. Stettenheim 11/10/1921 [SS 22711]. French & Co. purchased from Estate of Fred Stettenheim, received 9/14/1949; sold to G
Collation. Vernansal, Guy-Louis (French, 1648-1729) (autor of design, attr.) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (author of design) [painter] c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'2" x W 11'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from J. Seligmann Sons, received 6/15/1920 (or 12/23/1920); sold to I. M. Stettenheim 11/10/1921 [SS 22711]. French & Co. purchased from Estate of Fred Stettenheim, received 9/14/1949; sold to Giovanni Agnelli 6/14/1954 [SS 80677]. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower field, center (border of carpet): Emperor & Empress seated at table before outdoor pavilion amongst trees, attended by servants bringing food & 2 entertainers including female musician L & dancing dwarf; maid drops incense into brazier in foreground near table bearing variety of vessels & attended by additional servant (BRD) picture-frame border with stylized acanthus leaves Initially, famous commissions of this series took place with, notably, 1 set ordered by the duc du Maine & another by his brother the comte de Toulouse; subsequent anonymous commissions followed well into the 18th century. This set was probably 1 of these later commissions. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 22711-b French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80677-a [also lists: 53360] Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 80-97 Standen, MetMusJ 11 (1976), 103-17 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909) de Pazzis-Chevalier, Metiers d'art, no. 47-48 (1992), 23-33 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241339, 0241357, 0241345, 0241353, 0241363; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0241331 (Getty), 0241341, "La Collation du Prince," det., Galerie Chevalier (de Pazzis-Chevalier, p. 23), & Ader Tajan, Monaco, 3/14/1993, lot 210
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