Dance. Leprince, Jean Baptiste (French, 1734-1781) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1770-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll., Paris. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. In landscape setting, man & woman dance on R; on L are 2 musicians on hillock, one standing & playing wind instrument, the other seated & playing stringed instrument; to L of them is woman seated behind hillock looking towards a
Dance. Leprince, Jean Baptiste (French, 1734-1781) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1770-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll., Paris. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. In landscape setting, man & woman dance on R; on L are 2 musicians on hillock, one standing & playing wind instrument, the other seated & playing stringed instrument; to L of them is woman seated behind hillock looking towards another seated woman & man who watch the dancers These panels are said to be from the 13th set. This panel has the L 2/3 of the full composition. Borders missing. Niclausse, Tapisseries (1948), nos. 68, 69 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 550-556 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241763-0241766; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241774 (Musée Jacquemart-André), 0241769 (Set A); see also Standen, p. 554-555
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