Cephalus and Procris. Boulogne, Louis (the Younger) (French, 1654-1733) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 9'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mitchell Samuels, Robert Samuels & Milton Samuels, invoiced 4/30/1942; sold to Alberto Reyna 11/14/1955. Inscriptions: Woven signature in upper guard: Procri
Cephalus and Procris. Boulogne, Louis (the Younger) (French, 1654-1733) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 9'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mitchell Samuels, Robert Samuels & Milton Samuels, invoiced 4/30/1942; sold to Alberto Reyna 11/14/1955. Inscriptions: Woven signature in upper guard: Procris gives seated Cephalus the magic spear & the dog Laelaps, in landscape with ruins (BRD) picture-frame border, shell & flower ornament in corners; (UPR & LWR BRD) wreath with crossed arrow quivers at midpoints; (L & R BRD) wreath with torch & arrow at midpoints The artist inscription is not original to this earlier tapestry. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 75969 [also lists: 42245] Fenaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 121-32 Standen, MetMusJ (1988), 177-79, 186 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 170-72
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