Dial. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'2" x W 6'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Robert Mazeltov 7/17/1953; sold to Jean Mikaeloff 6/24/1961. In landscape with buildings & arched gateway (L), trees & plants, a group of men & women with children looking at a sun dial & flanked by cattle grazing; arched bridge in background Borders missing. GCPA: 0240660 was designed after the cartoons by Jean-Baptiste Huet, "Les Jeux de société"
Dial. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'2" x W 6'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Robert Mazeltov 7/17/1953; sold to Jean Mikaeloff 6/24/1961. In landscape with buildings & arched gateway (L), trees & plants, a group of men & women with children looking at a sun dial & flanked by cattle grazing; arched bridge in background Borders missing. GCPA: 0240660 was designed after the cartoons by Jean-Baptiste Huet, "Les Jeux de société". This panel is often seen as part of a larger composition, of which it is the left half, including 2 young men with a lady on a swing. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 53537-b Related Works: Panels in set, 0243089, 0240660; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0240651, 0240655, 0240657-0240659, 0240661, 0243101; compositionally similar tapestries (larger composition), GCPA 0243103, 0240640, 0240653, 0243098-0243099
Size: 8248px × 8961px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
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