Piggy-back. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'7" x W 5'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Robert Z. Hawkins, received 8/12/1941; sold to Jean Mikaeloff, 6/24/1961. In landscape with trees, river & flowering plants near farmhouses, a group of 4 boys playing piggy- back as another boy approaches (L); bridge & village with church in distance Borders missing. The present scene is part of a larger composition, as exemplified in GCPA 02

Piggy-back. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'7" x W 5'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Robert Z. Hawkins, received 8/12/1941; sold to Jean Mikaeloff, 6/24/1961. In landscape with trees, river & flowering plants near farmhouses, a group of 4 boys playing piggy- back as another boy approaches (L); bridge & village with church in distance Borders missing. The present scene is part of a larger composition, as exemplified in GCPA 0243123 & 0243129 (cited below). There are variants to this scene, with the inclusion or absence of a maiden to the far left, a young boy coming towards the main group of young boys (L), or a woman with a child near a fountain (R). These scenes come in several possible combinations. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 75455-h Boccara, Belles heures de la tapisserie (1971), 217 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240659 [0184440], 0243097, 0243128, 0184438; compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0243125; compositionally similar tapestries (with variations), GCPA 0243121, 0243124-0243126, 0243130-0243131, "Le cheval fondu" Boccara coll. (Boccara, ); compositionally similar tapestries (full composition), GCPA 0243123, 0243129

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