Rinaldo and Armida. Boulogne, Louis (the Younger) (French, 1654-1733) (designed after) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (1904). French & Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: [fleur-de-lys] A C C BEAUVAIS Rinaldo reclines in Armida's lap as cherubim decorate his discarded armor with flowers & Cupid hovers above the couple; set in garden park with peacocks (R) & pond with 2 bathers (center

Rinaldo and Armida. Boulogne, Louis (the Younger) (French, 1654-1733) (designed after) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (1904). French & Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: [fleur-de-lys] A C C BEAUVAIS Rinaldo reclines in Armida's lap as cherubim decorate his discarded armor with flowers & Cupid hovers above the couple; set in garden park with peacocks (R) & pond with 2 bathers (center) (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus band & narrow bead-&-reel inner band Border pieced at sides near top, and upper 1/5 of field appears to be a different (modern?) weaving. Border probably not original. Woven signature in lower guard appears to have been pieced into place; "A C C" refers to André-Charlemagne-Charron, director of Beauvais from 1753-1780 (Cavallo). Shows R 2/3 of original composition (Brown) No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Fenaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 121-32 Standen, MetMusJ (1988), 157-58, 162-63 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 170-72 Ffoulke, Collection of Tapestries (1913), 266-67 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0238343 (full composition), 0238344, 0238342 (L 1/2 of full composition)

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