Bird catching. Leprince, Jean Baptiste (French, 1734-1781) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1770-1780 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll., Paris. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. Young man in tree holding bird in R hand & resting L hand on bird cage on tree branch looks down towards young woman; 2 women seated on ground to R of tree, 1 resting her arm on bird cage, face towards young man seated opposite them & showing them bird in his
Bird catching. Leprince, Jean Baptiste (French, 1734-1781) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1770-1780 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll., Paris. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. Young man in tree holding bird in R hand & resting L hand on bird cage on tree branch looks down towards young woman; 2 women seated on ground to R of tree, 1 resting her arm on bird cage, face towards young man seated opposite them & showing them bird in his hand; bird nets & basket in L foreground; rustic building on L These panels are said to be from the 13th set. Borders missing. Niclausse, Tapisseries (1948), nos. 68, 69 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 550-556 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241763-0241766; compositionally similar tapestries: 0241768 (Set A), 0241767, 0241771; see also Standen, p. 554-555
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