Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H " x W 10'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 8/cm); wool & silk weft Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from C. E. F. McCann, invoiced 11/6/1935; sold to the de Young Museum 12/28/1949. United States, California, San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisc
Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H " x W 10'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 8/cm); wool & silk weft Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from C. E. F. McCann, invoiced 11/6/1935; sold to the de Young Museum 12/28/1949. United States, California, San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accno. Shepherdess having her fortune told by gypsy fortune-teller carrying infant on her back, as woman on her R watches, couple reclines on L as the man raises a wreath above the head of the woman, ruined classical building supported by herm caryatid behind the group, pan pipes & wreath suspended from tree above fortune-teller (BRD) picture-frame border with palmettes & parsley leaves The borders are sewn on. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 18491 [also lists: 12149, 41103] Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 270-271, cat. 84 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): 0241383 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 0241395, (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241422 (Victoria & Albert Museum), 0241425 (Set A), 0241404 (Palazzo Venezia?), 0241419; see also Standen, p. 518, & Bennett
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