Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. ?. Italy, Lazio, Roma, Rome, Palazzo Venezia (?). Shepherdess having her fortune told by gypsy fortune-teller carrying infant on her back, as woman on her R watches, couple reclines o
Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. ?. Italy, Lazio, Roma, Rome, Palazzo Venezia (?). Shepherdess having her fortune told by gypsy fortune-teller carrying infant on her back, as woman on her R watches, couple reclines on L as the man raises a wreath above the head of the woman, herm caryatid behind the group (BRD) picture-frame border with oak leaf within acanthus guilloche, fleur-de-lys in corners The subjects of the panels in the set belonging to the Palazzo Venezia, Rome (from the San Donato sale, Florence, 3/15/1880, no. 36), Charlatan, Fortune teller, Girl with grapes, Hunter & Girl fishing, & Standen's descriptions of the individualizing aspects of those panels, correspond with the panels of the set represented in these photographs. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241401-0241410; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): 0241383 (Metropolitan Museum of Art), 0241395 (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241422 (Victoria & Albert Museum), 0241425 (Set A), 0241424 (San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums), 0241419; see also Standen, p. 518
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