Fishing. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1750-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 7'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. 2 fishermen in river landscape, including an old man holding large net next to young boy showing him an eel; pagoda in background (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaves & peacock feathers framing cabochons of precious stones, alternating with shaped reserves of trellis pa
Fishing. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1750-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 7'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. 2 fishermen in river landscape, including an old man holding large net next to young boy showing him an eel; pagoda in background (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaves & peacock feathers framing cabochons of precious stones, alternating with shaped reserves of trellis pattern headed with rosettes; cabochon framed by acanthus leaves & topped by scallop in corners This is an abbreviated version of the right half of the complete composition, with the same left-right orientation as the Boucher sketch, held at the Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie, Besançon, France (Cavallo/Soustelle). Jean-Joseph Dumons had painted in 1742 & 1743 the cartoons of the Tenture chinoise, from Boucher's sketches, for the Beauvais manufactory. Aubusson, interested in having its own series of Tenture chinoise, in turn employed Dumons, before 1754, to adapt Boucher's compositions. However, not all Aubusson compositions of the Tenture chinoise series can be attributed to Dumons. The latter, according to Chevalier, delivered to Aubusson 6 or 7 paintings, along with several compositions specifically for seat furniture. Some of the compositions from the Aubusson Tenture chinoise are therefore likely to have been added after the Dumons contribution, & were painted by other Aubusson artists (Soustelle). A note: "Mr. Jacobs- Baltimore" on the verso of photograph (Soustelle). No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243043, 0243048, 0243050, 0243069, 0243074-0243075; same cartoon: GCPA 0243072 (with variations), 0243070 (larger composition); same borders: GCPA 0243040, 0243041, 0243045, 0243046 (panel in set), 0243047, 02
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