Camel. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Vernansal, Guy (French, ) (author of design, attr., border) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1688-1711 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'2" x W 17'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Prince Murat coll. (?). French & Co. purchased from Jacques Seligmann & Co., received 2/1
Camel. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Vernansal, Guy (French, ) (author of design, attr., border) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1688-1711 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'2" x W 17'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Prince Murat coll. (?). French & Co. purchased from Jacques Seligmann & Co., received 2/13/1917 [SS 3971]. Sold at Christie's (London), 6/22-23/1938, lot. 75. Mortimer L. Schiff Collection. French & Co. received from Mr. John Schiff, [probably 1955] [SS 56281]. Gift of John M. Schiff to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1957. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Architectural screen framing 3 groups of figures; L scene: man playing harp above recumbent sphinx, seated violinist & dancing jester holding tambourine below a tightrope walker, all surmounted by canopy with parrots & topped by parasol; center scene: standing flutist & seated man with mandolin, both framed by large flower-filled vases & beside table laid with violin & bagpipe in center; R scene: seated & crowned king with sphinx at feet, child holding feline cub on ribbons & camel lead by keeper, the latter below basket of flowers suspended from canopy with parrots, topped by parasol (R); leopard lying besides bunches of grapes in foreground (R); arched trellis above each lateral scene flanked by suspended arrow & musical trophies (BRD) inner & outer bands of classical ornament; (UPR & LWR BRD) centered by Chinese warrior reclining in tent with table holding 2 cups, flanked by grotesque motifs including censers, bearded heads with horns, feathered ovals, birds holding snakes in front of sphinxes, baskets of flowers & female half-figures, linked by stra
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