Shore scene with anchored boats and sailors. Vernet, Claude Joseph (French, 1714-1789) (designed after) [painter] c. 1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'6" x W 12'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from Stettenheim Art Trust (Phillios, Mahoney & Spohr), 3/7/1950; returned 12/5/1950. In shore scene near classical triumphal arch (R), boat being moored with on board sailors unloading merchandise, Turkish merchant with long pipe talking with man & another woman with child in the back; 2 men conversing on the embankm
Shore scene with anchored boats and sailors. Vernet, Claude Joseph (French, 1714-1789) (designed after) [painter] c. 1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'6" x W 12'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from Stettenheim Art Trust (Phillios, Mahoney & Spohr), 3/7/1950; returned 12/5/1950. In shore scene near classical triumphal arch (R), boat being moored with on board sailors unloading merchandise, Turkish merchant with long pipe talking with man & another woman with child in the back; 2 men conversing on the embankment next to merchandise & dog (R) & turkish merchant with woman carrying basket (L) additional ships with sailors & town along coastline in background Borders missing. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 81048 Boccara, Belles heures de la tapisserie (1971), 211 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), pl. 289 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (smaller composition): GCPA 0243243, 0243245; compositionally similar tapestry (smaller composition): "L'Embarquement" Dario Boccara coll. (Boccara, p. 211); compositionally similar tapestry (larger composition, right half): "Le Débarquement" L. Bernheimer (Göbel, pl. 289)
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