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 8' x W 7'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. 3 fishermen in river landscape with waterfall, one an old man holding large net next to young boy showing him an eel (L), & another youth fishing on edge of the river (R); pagoda in background Borders missing; it may have been woven without one (Cavallo). This is an abbreviated ver
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 8' x W 7'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. 3 fishermen in river landscape with waterfall, one an old man holding large net next to young boy showing him an eel (L), & another youth fishing on edge of the river (R); pagoda in background Borders missing; it may have been woven without one (Cavallo). 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, & with the addition of the seated figure to the right (Cavallo). 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). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 14927 ? Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243052, 0243063, 0243070, 0243077, 0184437; same cartoon (smaller compositions, some variations): GCPA 0243069, 0243072
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