Toilet of Psyche. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (cartoon creator) [painter] Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (workshop) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1741-1770 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 15'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Duc de Gramont coll. (Paris); sold at Galerie Georges Petit (Paris), 5/22/1925, lot 73. Duveen Brothers, London, 1933. Anna Thompson Dodge coll., Rose Terrace, Grosse Poi
Toilet of Psyche. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (cartoon creator) [painter] Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (workshop) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1741-1770 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 15'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Duc de Gramont coll. (Paris); sold at Galerie Georges Petit (Paris), 5/22/1925, lot 73. Duveen Brothers, London, 1933. Anna Thompson Dodge coll., Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan; sold, Christie's (London), 6/24/1971, lot 137); purchased at sale by J. Paul Getty. Ex. J. Paul Getty Museum, On outdoor stone terrace Psyche, seated in golden chair, is groomed by attendants in preparation for her first night with her husband, Cupid; 2 attendants dress Psyche's hair, at carved & gilded table in front of Psyche another attendant holds mirror as another holds up piece of silk fabric; below table is silver ewer & basin with oval tray; to R of table, seated attendant sorts flowers from basket & interacts with another attendant with tray holding powder & perfume; in pool of fountain on far R marble merman pours water from shell; attendant with basket of flowers, next to incense burner on tripod, looks back towards another woman leaning on balustrade on far L; cushion with open jewel casket & slipppers in lower L foreground; wall of fountain on L behind Psyche topped by marble putti at play with dolphin; trees visible beyond terrace & fountain (BRD) oak leaves with in acanthus guilloche Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 106-119, cat. 11 b Getty Museum, Decorative arts: summary catalog (1993), cat. 296 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0243702 (Getty), 0243683 (Palazzo Quirinale), 0243679 (Philadelphia); see also Bremer-David, p. 117
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