Luncheon. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] (French) c. 1756-1778 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 8'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. received from Baron Louis de Rothschild 6/18/1954; returned 3/9/1955. Young woman seated on ground looks up towards young man seated behind her who offers her grapes & 2 boys who hold bunches of grapes (L), facing towards her is another young woman seated
Luncheon. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] (French) c. 1756-1778 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 8'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. received from Baron Louis de Rothschild 6/18/1954; returned 3/9/1955. Young woman seated on ground looks up towards young man seated behind her who offers her grapes & 2 boys who hold bunches of grapes (L), facing towards her is another young woman seated on ground & holding handle of basket of fruit, a young man approaches behind her carying pitcher on rope in R hand & staff with bunch of grapes suspended by ribbon resting on his L shoulder (R); classical ruin with relief with 3 putti on L, rustic fence in middle ground on R (BRD) picture-frame border with curling parsley leaves French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 54933-x Wark, Huntington (1961), 68-69 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241724, 0184481; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): 0241690 (Huntington Art Gallery), GCPA 0241711 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), 0241709, Stotesbury coll., Sir George Alexander Cooper coll.
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