Gardener. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1762 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'" x W 6'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk weft Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Commissioned by M. Boulard de Gatellier for his Château de Gatellier (Loire) in 1762. Acquired by Joel Duveen, 1898. Borders woven at this time under the direction of Georges Pluyette. Acquired by R. W. Hudson, Great Marlow, England, 1900. Acquired by George Blumenthal,
Gardener. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1762 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'" x W 6'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk weft Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Commissioned by M. Boulard de Gatellier for his Château de Gatellier (Loire) in 1762. Acquired by Joel Duveen, 1898. Borders woven at this time under the direction of Georges Pluyette. Acquired by R. W. Hudson, Great Marlow, England, 1900. Acquired by George Blumenthal, about 1928. Repaired by French & Co., 1954. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Blumenthal's widow, Mary Ann Robertson, 1964. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. In garden park, young woman seated on low stone wall with child next to her, on R a boy sitting on the ground holding a watering can & with a rake at his side, male statue on pedestal to L of woman, statue of Hercules (Heracles/Herakles) on pedestal to R of boy, beyond the group a flight of stone steps with large vases at top & bottom, trellis on L, woman with parasol & child beyond (BRD) picture-frame border with oak leaf within acanthus guilloche Lower border not present in photograph. Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533, cat. 78d Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241380-0241383, 0241385-0241394; compositionally similar tapestries: 0241435, 0184785; see also Standen, p. 521-522
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