Offering to Pan. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1688-1734 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'1" x W 9'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 8-9/cm) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. Gift of Mrs. Guy Fairfax to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. 50
Offering to Pan. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1688-1734 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'1" x W 9'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 8-9/cm) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. Gift of Mrs. Guy Fairfax to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Woven monogram: BH (not visible in photograph) Architectural screen on marble pavement frames scene with statue of Pan as herm flanked by woman who places 1 hand on shoulder of statue & the other in basket of flowers held by boy as she places her knee on goat (L), & dancing woman holding castanets & tambourine (R), with another woman holding tambourine above her head (far L); figures are in front of portico with wide opening below pediment, with curtains draped around pillars, & with suspended canopy above statue; pair of arched lateral openings supported by slender pillars decorated with spindle-shaped forms; semi-circular balustrades extend from L & R of figures with drapery on R balustrade; steps flanked by lattice band lead to marble platform; parasol-like structure supporting bird surmounts pediment, flanked by peacock & other bird; above pediment is marble molding with basket of flowers on central arch flanked by sphinxes & supported at ends by female herms on slender shafts (BRD) picture-frame border with floral garland within parsley spiral This series comprises six pieces: 3 wide, horizontal panels & 3 upright ones. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 5545 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), cat. , 455-458 Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), cat. 80, 259-261 Adelson, European Tapestry (1994), 315 Badin, La Manufac
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