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 8'7" x W 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. received from C. L. Blair 3/11/1922; returned 10/28/1924. Shepherdess having her fortune told by gypsy fortune-teller carrying infant on her back, as woman on her R watches, couple recl
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 8'7" x W 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. received from C. L. Blair 3/11/1922; returned 10/28/1924. 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, herm caryatid behind the group Borders missing. The upper portion of the tapestry, seen in photo GCPA 0241425, is a modern addition. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 11452 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241425-0241426, 0241433; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): 0241383 (Metropolitan Museum of Art), 0241404 (Palazzo Venezia?), 0241395 (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241422 (Victoria & Albert Museum), 0241424 (San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums), 0241419; see also Standen, p. 518
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