Psyche and the basketmaker. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (cartoon creator) [painter] Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (workshop) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1750 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais In wooded vale, amid coarsly fenced enclosure, Psyche steps down path supported on arm of bearded man (=Pan), head of goat on L, Ceres & Proserpine seated on R next to rustic shelter Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 106-119, cat. 11 a Hiesinger, PhilMusBull 72, no. 314 (No
Psyche and the basketmaker. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (cartoon creator) [painter] Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (workshop) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1750 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais In wooded vale, amid coarsly fenced enclosure, Psyche steps down path supported on arm of bearded man (=Pan), head of goat on L, Ceres & Proserpine seated on R next to rustic shelter Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 106-119, cat. 11 a Hiesinger, PhilMusBull 72, no. 314 (Nov., 1976), 7-23 Cecil, BurlMag (April 1956), 118 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0243686 (Quirinale), 0243691 (Philadelphia), 0243694 (Getty), 0243695; see also Bremer-David, p. 117
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