Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1762 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'7" x W 6'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk weft Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Commissioned by M. Boulard de Gatellier for his Château de Gatellier (Loire) in 1762. Acquired by Joel Duveen, 1898. Borders woven at this time under the direction of Georges Pluyette. Acquired by R. W. Hudson, Great Marlow, England, 1900. Acquired by George
Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1762 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'7" x W 6'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk weft Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Commissioned by M. Boulard de Gatellier for his Château de Gatellier (Loire) in 1762. Acquired by Joel Duveen, 1898. Borders woven at this time under the direction of Georges Pluyette. Acquired by R. W. Hudson, Great Marlow, England, 1900. Acquired by George Blumenthal, about 1928. Repaired by French & Co., 1954. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Blumenthal's widow, Mary Ann Robertson, 1964. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 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 & 2 wreaths suspended from tree above fortune-teller (BRD) picture-frame border with oak leaf within acanthus guilloche The Metropolitan Museum of Art photograph (GCPA 0241381) shows the panel without the lower border. Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533, cat. 78b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241380-0241383, 0241385-0241394; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): 0241395 (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241422 (Victoria & Albert Museum), 0241425 (Set A), 0241404 (Palazzo Venezia?), 0241424 (San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums), 0241419; see also Standen, p. 518
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