Ducks in stream with waterfall. Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (designed after) [painter] c. 1750-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 10'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from the Estate of Mary Brewster Jennings, received 11/13/1964; sold to J. & S. Mikaeloff 2/26/1965. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, center-right: [S]O[N] [Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson] 2 ducks in stream with waterfall, amongst wild plants & trees in foreground; birds perched in trees above ducks; walled-in
Ducks in stream with waterfall. Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (designed after) [painter] c. 1750-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 10'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from the Estate of Mary Brewster Jennings, received 11/13/1964; sold to J. & S. Mikaeloff 2/26/1965. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, center-right: [S]O[N] [Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson] 2 ducks in stream with waterfall, amongst wild plants & trees in foreground; birds perched in trees above ducks; walled-in castle on higher ground in background; additional buildings in distance (L) (BRD) pole within spiral garland; acanthus leaves framing roundel centered with flower head in corners The ducks depicted in the tapestry may be based on Jean-Baptiste Oudry's compositions for Beauvais. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, H-242-x Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (with differences): GCPA 0244215; a variation on the same theme (with only one duck & composition reversed): GCPA 0240620; similar border: GCPA 0244207
Size: 8688px × 8469px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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