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 10'10" x W 10'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Oakley Thorne, received 6/3/1957; sold to V. & C. [Vigo & Charles] Sternberg 7/10/1963. England, Greater London, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, accno
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 10'10" x W 10'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Oakley Thorne, received 6/3/1957; sold to V. & C. [Vigo & Charles] Sternberg 7/10/1963. England, Greater London, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 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 oak leaf within acanthus guilloche French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 58182 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), 0241425 (Set A), 0241404 (Palazzo Venezia?), 0241424 (San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums), 0241419; see also Standen, p. 518
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