Girls with grapes and Hunter. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 11'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Otto Kahn 8/1/1919; sold to I. D. Levy 12/8/1927. 2 girls on bank of earth, one seated & one reclining & holding stick with grapevine twisted around it, face crouching
Girls with grapes and Hunter. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 11'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Otto Kahn 8/1/1919; sold to I. D. Levy 12/8/1927. 2 girls on bank of earth, one seated & one reclining & holding stick with grapevine twisted around it, face crouching woman with basket of grapes who extends her hand towards the pair (L); young man, seated on grassy bank, holds gun & caresses dog, 2 dead rabbits are under dog's paw, behind him groom holds 2 horses as one drinks from large fountain, 2 dogs in front of groom; beyond figures are bridges (L), cottage with thatched roof, & classical ruin behind fountain on R French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 21171 [also lists: G-585] Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241398 (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241385 & 0241387 (Metropolitan Museum of Art), 0241405 & 0241402 (Palazzo Venezia?), 0241415 (Philadelphia Museum of Art), 0241429; see also Standen, p. 523-526
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