Music. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) [weaver] after 1753 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'7" x W 4'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Madame X sale, 1937. French & Co. purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York (Ogden Mills sale) 3/31/1938, lot 538; sold to J. Paul Getty. Seated youth places arm around seated woman who holds open score in lap, another youth, reclining on cloak, strums mandolin, an open score held o

Music. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) [weaver] after 1753 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'7" x W 4'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Madame X sale, 1937. French & Co. purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York (Ogden Mills sale) 3/31/1938, lot 538; sold to J. Paul Getty. Seated youth places arm around seated woman who holds open score in lap, another youth, reclining on cloak, strums mandolin, an open score held on his knees (BRD) picture-frame border with oak leaf within acanthus guilloche These figures are taken from the lower R section of the "Charlatan & peep show" (Steele). A drawing at the J. Paul Getty Museum, by Boucher, shows the reclining male figure playing a mandolin (see related works below) (Bremer-David). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 41080 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241435, 0241437; compositionally similar tapestries ("Charlatan" compositions): 0241396 (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241409 (Palazzo Venezia?), 0241416 (Philadelphia Museum of Art), 0241417 (Metropolitan Museum of Art ), 0241397, 0241414 Related Works: Compositionally related drawing (figure playing mandolin): "Reclining male figure" Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum,

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