Camel. 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. 1688-1711 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'1" x W 15' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Dalva Bros., received 2/1/1944; sold to Harry Winston 7/20/1944. Architectural screen framing 3 groups of figures; L scene: harpist sits with feet
Camel. 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. 1688-1711 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'1" x W 15' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Dalva Bros., received 2/1/1944; sold to Harry Winston 7/20/1944. Architectural screen framing 3 groups of figures; L scene: harpist sits with feet on sphinx, violinist seated on stool & dancing jester holding tambourine below a tightrope walker, surmounted by canopy with parrots; center scene: peacock in front of large vase of flowers on draped support, man on R watches 2 boys play on slack ropes as one appears to slip; R scene: camel lead by keeper, seated & crowned king with sphinx at his feet near child holding a feline cub on ribbons; foreground leopard (R) looks towards camel, surmounted by canopy with parrots; arched trellis above each lateral scene; above trellises: bars of marble molding with suspended arrow & musical trophies; above molding: frieze of light architectural motifs; along lower edge of field, plants emerging from narrow lattice band along lower edge of tapestry between 2 sets of steps, with dog on L steps (BRD) picture-frame border This series comprises six pieces: 3 wide, horizontal panels & 3 upright ones. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 76877 Adelson, European Tapestry (1994), cat. 18 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 441-55 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909) Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241196, 0241202; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0241169 (with musicians in center of composition, instead of peacock), 0241180 (reduced composition), 0241201, 0241206, see also Standen, Tapestries, p. 445-447
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